Healthcare Pros: Your experience is needed

Licensed healthcare professionals are needed!

Disaster Health Services (DHS) Service Associate (SA) is assigned to work in person before, during and/or after a disaster event. Volunteers in this role provide assistance and healthcare to shelter residents as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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 and instructor-led training required for the position.
• Complete required virtual self-paced and instructor-led training required for the position (9 hours total).

Key Requirements:

• Licenses required: RN, LPN, LVN, EMT, Paramedic, MD, DO, PA, NP, APRN.
• Valid Driver’s License (required for Divisional and National Deployments)
• Willing and able to volunteer in person in a disaster shelter before, during and/or after a disaster event
• Available to sign up for shifts on consecutive days (shifts may be 8 or 12 hours long)
• Ability to read, write, and follow verbal and written instructions in English

It’s the hardest job you will ever love!

To apply or learn more, visit: www.redcross.org/volunteertoday or contact your local office (www.redcross.org/aznm)