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Disaster Health Services DCS Lead - WYO

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Disaster Health Services DCS Lead - WYO

This position supports the Regional Disaster Cycle Services department. The purpose of this position is to perform the Disaster Health Services (DHS) readiness and capacity building activities needed to enable effective service delivery (in a disaster response).

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Locations

American Red Cross of Wyoming

Key Responsibilities

Using professional knowledge and skills, Disaster Health Services workers provide approved Disaster Health Services interventions that provide disaster health care by meeting the disaster-related health needs of clients and providing support to other volunteers.

This position is responsible for supporting and engaging the workers assigned to the team which includes:

  1. Providing supervision including ensuring assigned volunteers are engaged in regional activities by assigning tasks to complete function activities, regular and ongoing communication of opportunities, discussing level of involvement and development, providing timely feedback and coaching;
  2. On boarding volunteers to Disaster Cycle Services and the volunteer's chosen functional area;
  3. Provide training as required for the volunteer's functional area in collaboration with the Disaster Workforce Engagement Team;
  4. Receive recognition for successful completion of tasks; and in collaboration with Disaster Workforce Engagement Team for yearly region recognition;
  5. Provide evaluation of performance in completing assigned tasks and collaborating with Disaster Workforce Engagement Team for yearly evaluation and completion of volunteer's development plan;

Team Leaders are responsible for the overall execution of assigned tasks with may include:

  1. Provide Disaster Health Services interventions to clients impacted by a disaster.
  2. Participate in relevant meetings and activities as a member of the Disaster Health Services chapter team.
  3. Participate in preparedness efforts, such as the Home Fire Campaign or community disaster education.
  4. Help facilitate long-term recovery for clients impacted by disaster.
  5. Assist the chapter in developing partnerships with local healthcare agencies.
  6. Support other disaster responders before, during and after disaster response using staff health strategies.

Training

Required:

  • Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview
  • RC Care: Individual Disaster Care Worker Curriculum
  • Concept of Operations Basics
  • Deployment Fundamentals
  • Psychological First Aid: Helping Others in Times of Stress
  • Everyone is Welcome
  • Mission Cards - Cardholder Overview
  • Disaster Health Services Fundamentals 1
  • Disaster Health Services Fundamentals 2
  • Disaster Health Services Simulation
  • Supporting Volunteers and Managing Teams
  • Integrated Care Condolence Team Fundamentals
  • Red Cross Basic Life Support or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer (American Heart Association)

 

Recommended:

  • Collaborating Essentials
  • Shelter Resident Transition for Those Working in a Shelter
  • Mass Casualty Incident Response Basics
  • Care Assistant Fundamentals
  • Staff Wellness Fundamentals
  • Disaster Action Team Fundamentals
  • Basic Instructor Specialty Training
  • Disaster Course Simulation Facilitator Fundamentals
  • Mass Care: An Overview
  • Shelter Fundamentals v2
  • Detailed Damage Assessment for Disaster Action Team Response Operations

Development Opportunities

  • Progress to Disaster Health Services Chapter/Territory Lead

Qualifications

Required:

  • Willingness to comply with Red Cross COVID-19 policies for in-person volunteer activities.
  • Current and unencumbered license as RN, ARNP, NP, LPN, LVN, MD, DO, PA, EMT, Paramedic. RN preferred.
  • Must meet training requirement as Disaster Health Services Service Associate
  • RC Care Access
  • Ability to:
    1. build and lead a team using a collaborative leadership style and demonstrating traits of honesty, forward looking, competence, intelligence and compassion.
    2. build effective relationships with groups and individuals who can help with related goals.
    3. follow and implement requests received from supervisor with little or no supervision.
    4. adapt to change, negotiate compromise and tolerate ambiguity.
    5. build effective relationships with others who can help with work related goals.
    6. be sensitive in human interactions to diversity inclusiveness.
    7. monitor and correct performance and to manage conflict.
    8. work toward Supervisor position in at least Disaster Health Services function

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