Overview
UW Health offers volunteer opportunities at its facilities in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Please refer to the information below for the state you wish to volunteer in.
Thank you for your interest in volunteering for UW Health. At this time, we can onboard a limited number of volunteers each month.
The volunteer onboarding process can take about 2 months. Once onboarded, we require a minimum 6-month consecutive volunteer commitment or one full semester. Volunteers must be out of high school and at least 18 years of age to apply.
If you are interested in volunteering and can commit to a minimum six-month commitment or one full semester, please fill out an online application to start the onboarding process.
We appreciate your interest in volunteering and look forward to connecting with you!
For facilities in Wisconsin, use our online application to get started.
To apply to become a volunteer for UW Health locations in Illinois, please complete the following forms:
For facilities in Illinois, please contact (779) 696-4310.
Please reach out to the Volunteer Services team if you have any questions about volunteering.
In Wisconsin, email volunteer.services@uwhealth.org
In Illinois, call (779) 696-4310
Opportunities
We have volunteer opportunities throughout UW Health, including East Madison Hospital, University Hospital, American Family Children’s Hospital and clinics throughout the Dane County area.
In Illinois facilities, volunteer opportunities can be found in:
Gift shop
Mail and flower delivery
Patient care assistants
Patient dismissal
Wayfinding
Patient and Family Advisors are volunteers who have received care or who have had a family member who received care from UW Health in the last two years. Through participation in a council or a project, they play a meaningful role in helping to shape the patient experience.
Volunteers help share the message about the importance of registering as an organ and tissue donor to increase the number of registered donors.
Current or returning volunteers
Thank you for volunteering with UW Health. We appreciate the time and commitment that you provide to our patients, visitors and staff. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our office.
Current volunteers are subject to regulatory requirements for annual health assessments and trainings each fall. These requirements must be completed and documented with the Volunteers Services department to continue volunteering with UW Health.
In Illinois
For questions, please contact (779) 696-4310.
To schedule TB or flu shot, please contact Associate Health Services at (779) 696-4112.
In Wisconsin
If you are not sure if your annual requirements are up-to-date, please contact the Volunteer Services office at (608) 263-6046 or volunteer.services@uwhealth.org.
If you have questions regarding your health assessments, please contact Employee Health Services at (608) 263-7535.
The following information about requirements is for volunteers at Wisconsin facilities:
All volunteers need to follow regulatory requirements including annual trainings.
In Wisconsin, volunteers can login to the Volunteer Services database to complete the training and to answer the knowledge check questions.
If you need assistance with the online trainings, please contact the Volunteer Services department.
In lieu of an annual TB skin test each volunteer will need to submit the TB Questionnaire.
If you have ever had a positive TB skin test in the past, you should fill out and submit the History of a Positive TB Skin Test form, instead of the above Questionnaire.
Please full complete the appropriate form and submit it to Employee Health Services at HREmployeehealth@uwhealth.org, with the subject as: Volunteer Paperwork
UW Health provides free flu shots each fall for current volunteers.
All UW Health employees, faculty, students and volunteers are required to receive an influenza vaccination
Only those with a completed medical waiver for a medical contraindication will be exempt from receiving the vaccine
If you have previously completed a UW Health Religious or Personal Conviction/Belief Waiver, you must either receive the influenza vaccine or re-complete this waiver in order to be compliant
Please note that due to your volunteer health and personal health records being separate, Employee Health Services is unable to access your personal health records to see if you received the TB test and/or influenza vaccine outside of EHS. If you received your flu shot or TB test at a location other than EHS (UHS, your primary care clinic - even if it's a UW Health facility, Walgreens, CVS, etc.), you must submit documentation of proof to HREmployeeHealth@uwhealth.org, using the subject line, "Volunteer Paperwork." Or, you can submit records via fax to (608) 262-7284.
If you have questions regarding flu shots or TB tests please contact Employee Health Services at (608) 263-7535.
