Volunteers at Flinders Medical Centre

Volunteers at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) raise millions of dollars to improve facilities and care at our hospital. The proceeds from the volunteer retail and patient areas also contribute to medical research and equipment that improves the quality of care for our community.

Our volunteers give their time, talent and creativity to contribute around 135,000 hours of volunteer service each year. Everyone agrees that the strong partnership between staff and volunteers adds warmth to the hospital culture and provides an extra dimension in patient care.

Volunteers work in patient services and in retail areas. Wherever they work, our volunteers are getting involved, being active and having a voice in their community.

Since its inception in 1975, the Volunteer Service for the Flinders Medical Centre Inc has donated nearly $16 million back into the hospital to help improve facilities and patient care, as well as support medical research.

The self-funded, not-for-profit organisation currently has 372 active volunteers who carry out many valuable services across FMC, Noarlunga Hospital, and the Repat Health Precinct. The service also supports Spiritual Care, Arts In Health, the Repat Museum and the Veterans Wellbeing Centre. Our volunteers serve in many ways.

Patient services

Support areas include (but are not limited) to:

Volunteer Guide Service
Ward Service/Visitations
Pet Therapy
ICU and Emergency Department Services
Music Therapy
Collating
Day Supervisor
Cancer Services

Retail areas

The Volunteer Service run a number of retail outlets across hospitals, including:

Volunteer Coffee Shop (Level 2), Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 3.00pm
Volunteer Café Bar (Level 3, next to the Emergency Department), Monday to Friday, 10.00am - 3.00pm
Volunteer Tea Bar (Level 2, adjacent to the clinics), Monday to Friday, 10.00am - 2.00pm
Poppie's Cafe (Level 3, RAP Building), Monday to Friday, 7.30am - 2.00pm
Courtyard Grill (Level 2), Tuesday to Friday, 11.30am - 2.00pm
Volunteer Gift Shop (Level 1, main entrance)
Monday to Friday, 8.00am - 4.00pm
Saturday, 10.00am - 2.00pm
Sunday, 11.00am - 4.00pm
Noarlunga Pop-up shop - giftware (main entrance, Noarlunga Hospital), Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 12.30pm

Becoming a volunteer

Becoming a volunteer at Flinders Medical Centre, Noarlunga Hospital or the Repat Health Precinct has a number of benefits. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please visit Becoming a volunteer page.

PhD Enterprise Scholarship

We are proud to connect with talented new researchers by supporting a PhD Enterprise Scholarship Opportunity. To find out more, contact Simon Windsor, Manager, Research Governance and Ethics, Office for Research.

Email: Simon.windsor@sa.gov.au
Telephone: (08) 8204 4507

Publications

Volunteer Service Opportunities Booklet 2022 (PDF 5MB)

Annual reports

Contact us

Volunteer Service Administration Team
Volunteer Service for the Flinders Medical Centre Inc.
Ph: (08) 8204 3009
Email: receptionist@volliecare.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fmcvs

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