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.
Since the completion of the Pikeville Medical Center Laboratory expansion and the addition of the region’s only automated lab line, many tests that were previously sent out for processing are now run in-house. This means faster processing and faster results for patients who may need to begin treatment. These added tests can detect rheumatoid arthritis,
Read moreSunday, December 1 is World AIDS Day, which is seen by many medical professionals as a day to show support for patients living with HIV and remember those lives claimed by the disease. It is also a day to educate the public. Fadi Al Akhrass, MD, PMC Medical Director of Infectious Disease and Infection Control
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Representatives from Lawson Cancer Center (LCC) recently traveled to Lexington to accept a grant to provide early detection screenings for lung cancer. Thanks to the generosity of the Lexington Cancer Foundation, the $15,000 dollar grant will allow 125 people at a higher risk for developing lung cancer to receive a low-dose CT scan at no
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Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) physicians are observing a national effort aimed at targeting antibiotic resistance. Be Antibiotics Aware is a national effort intended to help fight antibiotic resistance and improve antibiotic prescribing and use. Antibiotic resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. That
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