If you want to make a difference in the lives of others, meet new friends, contribute to your community, learn more about yourself and share in Mercy Health – Springfield’s mission, Springfield Regional Medical Center welcomes your interest, skills and talent. You can sign up to volunteer with a friend or family member, too!

Springfield Regional Medical Center is currently seeking volunteers in the following areas:

  • Main Lobby Greeter and Escort: This volunteer greets those who come into the main lobby, providing them with information and escorting them to their destination within the hospital walls. This position is the “Face of Mercy” to all those who come to us in need of services.
  • Volunteers in Patient Support (VIPs): VIPs answer phones, assist with document requests, complete errands and transport patients for various hospital departments. They also help with special projects, such as mailings and packet assembly.
  • Shuttle Service: This volunteers provide transportation for patients, visitors and family members from the green visitor lot to the front entrance of the hospital, via golf cart or shuttle bus.
  • Volunteer Office Assistant: This role involves assisting with general clerical duties, such as filing, computer entry or word processing, laminating, answering the phone, taking messages, copying, preparing mailings and small at-desk projects.

    • Volunteers in all roles receive orientation and training to help them get started and become comfortable in the hospital environment.

    Compassion and respect for others guide the Mercy Health’s volunteers as they support hospital staff in providing the highest quality care to our patients and visitors.

    Find out if being a Mercy Health volunteer is right for you. Contact Jessica Pettit, Volunteer Services Director, at 937-523-5192 or japettit@mercy.com for more information.

    Volunteer opportunities are available to adults and teens over the age of 16. We interview all applicants to assess interests and skills. We strive to create a sensitive and appropriate match between the volunteer and the area of need.

    At our hospitals, we offer free parking, as well as the opportunity to be a part of the award-winning Mercy Health team.