Doctor? Nurse? Physician Assistant? EMT? - Join our Disaster Health Team!

Disaster Health Services Service Associate is a temporary position assigned to work in person before, during and/or after a disaster event this hurricane/wildfire season. Volunteers in this role provide assistance and healthcare to shelter residents as needed.

Responsibilites

• Provide hands on care for shelter clients to include but not limited to assistance with activities of daily living, wound care, incontinence care, assistance with functional needs.
• Provide health education, health assessments and determination if a higher level of care is needed.
• Assist clients to replace medications, durable medical equipment or consumable medical supplies.
• Advocate for client needs with Disaster Health Services supervisor.
• Support maternal and child needs as necessary.
• Complete required virtual self-paced training for position (4 hours total)

Time Commitment

Local: Multiple 4-, 6- or 12-hour shifts

Beyond region: Minimum of 14 days working 8- or 12-hour shifts

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• A current, unencumbered license in at least one of the following professions:
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
• Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)*
• Paramedic*
• Medical Doctor (MD)
• Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
• Physician Assistant (PA)
• Nurse Practitioner (NP)
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
• Minimum 18 years of age
• Willing and able to volunteer in person in a COVID -19 disaster shelter before, during and/or after a disaster event
• Availability to sign up for shifts on consecutive days (shifts may be 4, 8 or 12 hours long)
• Willing to complete 4 hours of virtual self-paced training required for position

Training

Required (part of onboarding)

• Disaster Health Services Fundamentals 2 - WBT 1 hour
• Shelter Fundamentals v2 (includes Shelter Fundamentals Forms)- WBT 1 hour, 30 minutes or VILT 1 hour 30 min
• Everyone is Welcome - WBT 45 minutes or VILT 1 hour
• Congregate Sheltering Activities in COVID-19 Environment - VID 20 minutes

Total Training Time: 3 hours 35 minutes or 3 hours 50 minutes

Additional Training Requirements for SAs and SV s willing to deploy outside their region

• Deployment Fundamentals - WBT 30 min
• Mission Cards - Cardholder Overview - VID 15 min