Disaster Health Services (DHS) Service Associate (SA) 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.
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).
Time Commitment:
Hours vary depending on meetings, training sessions, and/or responses at the local chapter.
Qualifications:
Active and unencumbered licensure in at least one of the following:
- Registered Nurse
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Licensed Vocational Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
- Advanced Practice Nurse
- Medical Doctor
- Doctor of Osteopathy
- Physician Assistant
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Paramedic
Must be able to provide copy of license for verification.
You can earn UP TO 5.25 FREE CEU's OFFERED THIS FALL FOR NURSES WHO COMPLETE RED CROSS DISASTER RESPONSE TRAINING.
