Volunteer as a Disaster Health Services Volunteer - American Red Cross- Birmingham, AL

Disaster Health Services Service Associate is a temporary volunteer 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.

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 training required for the position (~4 hours).

Requirements:

• Current, unencumbered license in 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), and/or 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)

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the American Red Cross!