Bilingual Disaster Medical Services Volunteer

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Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on care for evacuated individuals and families 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

Requirements:

A current, unencumbered license in at least 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)

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

• Willing and able to volunteer in person in a disaster shelter before, during and/or after a disaster event
• Willing to complete virtual self-paced training required for position
• Ability to read, write, and follow verbal and written instructions in English
• Being bilingual in another language (Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Farsi, etc.)

Time Commitment:

• Availability to sign up for shifts of your choice when a shelter opens (your choice of 4-12 hour shifts) (flexible/you can change availability at anytime)
• Complete online self-paced training

Email or Text: Karla Legorreta, Recruitment Specialist Karla.Legorreta@redcross.org at (714) 380-7263