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Job description
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!
Worksite address
huntsville, AL, 35824, US
Who can apply
Review the original listing for work authorization, qualifications and employer requirements.