{"id":746,"date":"2021-02-11T16:14:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T06:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=746"},"modified":"2021-10-20T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T05:25:47","slug":"hunt-for-new-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/2021\/02\/hunt-for-new-volunteers","title":{"rendered":"RBWH Foundation is on the hunt for new volunteers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_743\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-743\" class=\"size-full wp-image-743 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/02\/rbwh-foundation-volunteer-b.jpg\" alt=\"RBWH Foundation Volunteer Lavinia Arias\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/02\/rbwh-foundation-volunteer-b-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/02\/rbwh-foundation-volunteer-b-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/02\/rbwh-foundation-volunteer-b.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/600;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RBWH Foundation Volunteer Lavinia Arias<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>RBWH Foundation is looking for highly motivated, flexible and committed volunteers for RBWH and the brand-new STARS specialist rehabilitation facility &#8211; the largest in the southern hemisphere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University student Lavinia Arias began volunteering for RBWH Foundation in Year 11 and the decision ultimately changed the course of her life. Lavinia is now studying a Bachelor of Medical Imaging at QUT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVolunteering definitely influenced me because I love being in the hospital environment. It made me really want to be part of the health field and I\u2019m loving it,\u201d said Lavinia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is such a diverse age group and it\u2019s really rewarding. When you play bingo in the renal wards, you see how much patients enjoy and benefit from it &#8211; it\u2019s really great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lavinia is now applying for part-time medical imaging assistant positions and a reference from the RBWH Foundation is proudly included in her resume.<\/p>\n<p>If you know a student studying health or a semi-retiree looking for the challenge of working in a dynamic environment, please urge them to register.<\/p>\n<p>The RBWH Compassion Crew assist with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concierge duties, wayfinding and deliveries to patients<\/li>\n<li>Companionship and support<\/li>\n<li>Improving the patient experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a choice of two four-hour shifts, Monday to Friday, beginning at 8am or 12pm. A meal voucher, t-shirt and training are proudly provided by RBWH Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fundraise.rbwhfoundation.com.au\/rbwh-foundation-compassion-crew\">More information or to register today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have family or friends with a New Year&#8217;s resolution to give back to the community?<br \/>\nRoyal Brisbane and Women&#8217;s Hospital Foundation is expanding its volunteer Compassion Crew to assist staff, patients and visitors during COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-at-the-royal","tag-rbwh"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}