Volunteer Information
How Can You Help?

Current Needs We need the following expertise:
  1. Painters – To do odd jobs and repairs for 2-3 hours per month.
  2. Construction Person – To coordinate building projects for 3 hours/month.
  3. Eligibility Screeners – To interview possible patients on Tuesday mornings
    for one to four days per month.
  4. Nurses – To staff clinics on one, two, three, or four Thursday nights per month
    or on occasional weekdays for specialty clinics.
  5. Dental Assistants - To assist on either a Tuesday or Thursday evening or on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays during the daytime once or more/month

CONTACT Bob Barlow or Jane Ayers at 847-5866.
Services General medical, dental, and pharmaceutical services are provided on site. Support services available on site include: lab, dermatology, diet and nutrition counseling, physical therapy, health education classes and support groups and specialty clinics in gastroenterology, gynecology, hypertension/chronic kidney disease, minor surgeries, optamology, podiatry, orthopedics, and rheumatology. Support services available in the community include diagnostic imaging, lab, and consultation in cardiology, endodontics, family practice, internal medicine, nephrology, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, physical therapy, pulmonology, major surgery, and urology.
Staffing Most services are donated by volunteers who donate their time and expertise. Over four hundred physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dietitians, nutritionists, health educators, and lay people provide patient services. There is a small paid staff consisting of a full-time Executive Director, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Coordinator, Program/Office Manager, Special Events/Development Coordinator, MedsHelp Coordinator, Dental Coordinator, Pharmacy Coordinator and receptionist, along with clinic nurses at the end of the box to "along with three part-time front office workers, two part-time nurses, two part-time dental assistants, and one part-time medical assistant.
Needs The Free Clinic needs volunteers and donations of money and in-kind goods and services (for example medications, office supplies and the like).
Volunteer Opportunities The Free Clinic provides primary health care services for over 20,000 patient visits a year through the generous donation of volunteer time and talent. We need help from lay people and health care professionals. Outlined next are some of our specific needs.
Health Care Professionals (On-Site) We need the following health care professionals to provide on-site care:
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Laboratory Technicians
  • Dieticians
  • Dentists
  • Dental Hygienists
  • Dental Assistants
  • Health Educators
Health Care Professionals (Off-site) The following health professionals are needed to provide services in their offices:
  • Physicians (all specialties)
  • Dentists (specialists)
  • Health educators
  • Audiologists
  • Physical Therapists
Other People We need help in the following areas:
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Receptionists
  • Eligibility Screeners
  • "Staff Stuffers" (to furnish snacks for volunteers coming straight from work)
Other People during other times We also need help during non-clinic hours with the following tasks:
  • Reception
  • Special Projects
  • Word-Processing
  • Computer Systems Management
  • Basketball Tournament
  • Data Entry
  • Filing
  • Bulk Mailing
  • Pharmaceutical Sample Consolidation
  • Pharmaceutical Sample Re-packaging
  • Durable Medical Equipment Processing
  • Golf Tournaments - Dates TBD
  • Downtown Lynchburg Loft Tour - Each February

You would like to help but don't know how?
Please call the Free Clinic at 847-5866 to find out!

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