Find your career with us! Demand for healthcare workers has never been stronger and should you choose a field in healthcare, your future will almost certainly be a bright one career-wise. Volunteering can be your first steps into a rewarding career… before you commit to a course of study. Learn more about the following fields below!
Volunteering at Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) is an exciting and rewarding opportunity that matches caring people with services that provide help and comfort to the patients and families who come to the hospital. It is also a chance to offer valuable assistance to PMC employees on a daily basis.
People from all walks of life choose to volunteer for a variety of reasons. Many see volunteering as an opportunity to:
Placement depends on skills, interests and availability. Once a volunteer is placed, flexibility is appreciated to help PMC best meet patients’ needs.
When a person is involved in a serious accident or is critically injured, having higher level care at a nearby trauma center is reassuring. Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) is proud to be the home of Kentucky’s only level II trauma center, offering specialized life-saving trauma care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. PMC’s
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On April 5th, Pikeville Medical Center Urologists were the first in the region to perform the Aquablation procedure to treat lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Aquablation is a minimally invasive procedure using waterjet technology performed by the AquaBeam Robotic System, the first FDA-cleared, surgical robot utilizing automated tissue resection
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Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) Chairman, President and CEO Donovan Blackburn was on hand Friday, April 12th, for a ceremonial bill signing of Senator Phillip Wheeler’s Senate Bill 280. SB 280 successfully created the Kentucky Medicaid Assistance Program (KMAP), which will be revolutionary for Kentucky residents’ access to quality care and will bolster Kentucky’s rural hospitals.
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Many patients suffering from pain caused by osteoporosis are finding relief thanks to an amazing procedure at Pikeville Medical Center (PMC). Osteoporosis means “porous bone” and is a disease where bones become dangerously fragile, frequently resulting in fractures. When these fractures happen in a person’s back, specialists in the PMC Interventional Radiology Department (IR) may
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