🩺 Health Volunteer – General Clinic (Ixcanaan)

Role Overview

We warmly welcome doctors, nurses, medical students, physiotherapists, massage therapists, and alternative health practitioners to join our clinic team. As a Health Volunteer, you will support both clinical care and holistic wellbeing initiatives in a community-based setting. This is a meaningful opportunity to gain hands-on experience while contributing to an integrative approach to health.

🛠 Responsibilities

Depending on your qualifications and level of training, you may assist with:

• Supporting or conducting basic health check-ups and patient consultations
• Assisting with triage, patient intake, and clinic flow
• Providing physiotherapy support, rehabilitation exercises, or mobility care
• Offering massage therapy or bodywork where appropriate
• Supporting alternative or holistic health practices (as aligned with the clinic)
• Providing health education to individuals and families
• Organizing workshops on hygiene, nutrition, prevention, and wellbeing
• Assisting with clinic organization, inventory, and documentation
• Collaborating respectfully and ethically with local staff

🎓 Skills & Requirements

• Open to licensed professionals, students, and practitioners in:
• medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, massage therapy, public health, psychology, nutrition, or alternative health fields
• Experience in clinical, therapeutic, or community health settings is a plus
• Respect for local culture and commitment to ethical, patient-centered care
• Spanish or willingness to learn basic Spanish
• Commitment to patient confidentiality and responsible volunteering

⏳ Time Commitment

• Minimum stay: 2 weeks
• Schedule: mo-fr, 9-12 hrs and 14-17 hrs.

🌱 What You Gain

• Hands-on experience in integrative and community healthcare
• Exposure to both clinical and alternative approaches to wellbeing
• Cultural immersion in rural Guatemala
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in an underserved community
• Learning from a holistic, preventative model of care