Put Your Professional Credentials to Work on a Red Cross Disaster Health Services or Disaster Mental Health Team
During large disasters, you can use your professional skills as a licensed healthcare provider to deliver hands-on care and education to disaster-affected clients. The work setting is generally in emergency shelters or on outreach teams in the community. (Keep in mind, you could be assigned to another work location once you arrive on scene depending on the needs of the operation.)
Learn more here - https://www.redcross.org/volunteer/volunteer-opportunities/disaster-health-mental-health-volunteer.html
Requirements
- Disaster Health: Current, active, and unencumbered licensure or certification for the healthcare professions, including RN, LPN, LVN, EMT, Paramedic, MD, DO, PA, NP, APRN. View eligibility requirements for healthcare professionals
- Disaster Mental Health: Currently licensed or recently retired mental health professionals, current school psychologists and school counselors, and current psychiatric nurses. View complete eligibility requirements for mental health professionals
- Shift commitment
- If you are local to the disaster: multiple shifts (4-12 hours each) or
- If you will need to travel: 10-14 consecutive days of 8-12 hour shifts (Travel, lodging and meals are provided for deployed workers.)
- Comfortable interacting with people from diverse background whose lives have been disrupted
- Ability to work in a continuously changing environment in which work priorities may change frequently
Ability to follow safety protocols and directions consistently and thoroughly
