Volunteer Services coordinates the activities of three main groups of volunteers: Adult Volunteers, College Students, and Teen Volunteers. And lifting the spirits of our patients and families is what the volunteer program is all about.

To learn more about becoming a member of our volunteer team, read about our requirements and the benefits gained by volunteering.

Now taking applications for:

• Lobby and wayfinding volunteers
• Surgery lounge attendants
• Gift shop volunteers
• Active volunteers who love to walk (you could log one mile or more a shift)

Apply Today

1. Complete the online application for your age group: 
   • Adult Volunteers
   • College Students
   • Teens
2. A scheduled health assessment will be organized by Volunteer Services.
3. Upon completion of your health assessment, you must complete the online mandatory hospital orientation.
4. On your first day of service, you will receive a uniform and schedule.

In 2022, 150 people volunteered across 38 departments throughout the medical center. They logged more than 21,000 hours, saving the medical center more than $519,000 in labor costs.

Why do our volunteers keep coming back? Because they are passionate about making a difference at the medical center and in their community. And they reap great benefits from volunteering, in happier and longer lives, and even in medical center perks.

1962: The first volunteers started at the medical center

1972: The Volunteer Auxiliary opened our hospital Gift Shop

750,000+: The number of hours volunteers have donated since 1962

14-95: The range of ages of medical center volunteers

The first volunteers began working at the medical center in 1962. And 10 years later, the Volunteer Auxiliary opened the hospital’s Gift Shoppe. Since then, the Auxiliary has provided more than 750,000 hours and $2 million to the Medical Center.

Proceeds from the Gift Shop, along with other volunteer fund-raising efforts, provide equipment and financial assistance to various departments. Plus, all proceeds from vendor events are reinvested into the medical center. Here are some examples of items and assistance that volunteers have helped provide:

• Mobile mammography equipment
• East Tennessee’s first dedicated hospital K-9 program
• Expansion of the NICU to provide private rooms for families to stay with at-risk newborns
• Wheelchairs for patient transportation
• Special blood storage refrigerator for Lifestar to help with immediate lift off and response
• Rocking chairs for new mothers and surgical patients
• Digital cameras used in the intensive care nursery for family photo albums
• Blood pressure machines for patient care
• Blanket warmers for the cancer patients undergoing treatment
• Renovation of the Health Information Center and Preston Medical Library
• Re-certifications for the nursing staff for the Magnet Program
• Proceeds to the Pastoral Care Program for patients with special needs

Current Volunteers

Already a volunteer? Access your Volgistics account to sign up for shifts or make changes to your schedule. Log into Volgistics:

Volunteer Training

Our volunteers play a vital role at UT Medical Center. To keep our accreditation, each volunteer must complete annual training. This includes reading through training Power Point presentations and taking a short quiz.

Complete Your Annual Training

“Volunesia (noun): That moment when you forget your volunteering to help change lives, because it’s changing yours” — Anonymous