Donate & Volunteer
Volunteer
Your gift of time helps People's Community Clinic provide healthcare services to underserved workers and their families in Central Texas. Most patients are low-income working singles or families without healthcare insurance.
Note: Our Fall 2011 Volunteer Positions have been filled. If you are interested volunteering, please check back in January. Thank you for your interest in PCC!
Volunteer Guidelines
- All volunteers must
- be at least 18 years of age.
- submit a Volunteer Application
. - attend a brief interview/orientation.
- submit to a criminal background check.
- commit to two hours per week for at least four months.
- Volunteers with direct patient contact must meet our Immunizations Requirements. These volunteers must be cleared with our Immunizations Department before beginning service.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I shadow a doctor?
- Can I participate in direct patient care?
- Do you have any volunteer openings right now?
- How can I apply to volunteer?
- There aren’t any current opportunities I’m interested in, but I’d still like to volunteer. What should I do?
- Can I shadow a doctor?
- For reasons of patient privacy and lack of space, we do not typically accept requests to shadow doctors.
- Can I participate in direct patient care?
- We accept professional health providers with appropriate credentialing as volunteers, however for liability purposes volunteers without credentialing cannot participate in direct patient care.
- Do you have any volunteer openings right now?
- Volunteer opportunities vary based upon the needs of the clinic and the expertise of the volunteer. Please see our Current Openings page or contact the Volunteer Coordinator for more information.
- We receive more requests to volunteer than we can fill, and we may not have openings at the immediate time of your interest. Volunteers who demonstrate commitment to the PCC mission will receive priority consideration.
- How can I apply to volunteer?
- Return your completed Volunteer Application
via fax (512-542-9940), via email, or mail to:
Allison Jones, Volunteer Coordinator
People’s Community Clinic
2909 North IH-35
Austin, TX 78722
- Return your completed Volunteer Application
- There aren’t any current opportunities I’m interested in, but I’d still like to volunteer. What should I do?
- Submit an application anyway. We will keep it on file and let you know if a position becomes available that suits your interests and skills.
- Volunteer opportunities vary over time and it is difficult to predict when a new opportunity will become available. Keep checking our Current Openings page for updates.
- Try volunteering in a different area of the clinic than your first choice. Volunteers can switch to a different position during their term of service and often hear about new opportunities before they are posted publicly.
- Stay in touch with PCC by joining our email list (see below) or liking us on Facebook.
- If you have additional questions, please contact Allison Jones, Volunteer Coordinator at 512-708-3156 or via email.
