Disaster Health Services Team Members are essential to the Red Cross and our ability to respond across the country to large scale disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires. Events that impact entire communities.
This position requires that the volunteer hold a current, unencumbered professional license: (RN, LPN, EMT, MD, DO, PA, PN, APRN)
The purpose of the opportunity is to assist those impacted by disaster in their immediate needs regarding health care: help replace medications, medical equipment, or supplies lost to the disaster, provide education, and conduct health assessments to determine if a higher level of care is needed.
Disaster Health Services Team Members can also provide hands on care for shelter clients locally or deployed to other regions during large scale disasters. A disaster health services deployment is for 10 days.
Time Commitment: During normal operations the time commitment is about 4 hours per month after initial training. For those who volunteer to support a large-scale disaster, the time commitment is 8-12 hours per day, multiple days (10 days if they deploy to another region).
