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.
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and the fifth leading cause of death, according to the American Heart/American Stroke Association. However, about 80 percent of strokes are preventable. Unmanaged high blood pressure and high cholesterol are risk factors that can lead to stroke. Last February, Gilford Hall, 56 of Wheelwright Ky,
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Travis Pigg, of Robinson Creek, is a real traumatic success story from Pikeville Medical Center (PMC). Pigg was working deep in the coal mines and was injured by a shuttle car transporting coal. Pigg was seven miles into the mine and about 360 feet underground when he was injured. “I went to work that day
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Sometimes, a cancer diagnosis creates a ripple effect felt by others. This is exactly what happened when Olieka Caudill, 38 of Wheelwright, was diagnosed. With a new baby boy, and young daughter at home, breast cancer wasn’t even on Olieka’s radar. While breastfeeding her infant son, Olieka discovered a painful lump in her breast the
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The American Cancer Society reports that triple negative breast cancer accounts for about 15-20 percent of breast cancer diagnoses. This particular cancer can be more aggressive than the others and difficult to treat. Triple negative is also more likely to spread and recur. A diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer means that the three most
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