Disaster Health Service Associate Volunteer in Huntsville, AL

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 :

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the American Red Cross!