Volunteer: Operation DAMAYAN – Project HOPE disaster and recovery operations in support of the Philippines in Typhoon Haiyan aftermath

Operation DAMAYAN – Project HOPE disaster and recovery operations in support of the Philippines in Typhoon Haiyan aftermath.

We are deploying the HOPE Assessment and Response Team to the Philippines (PHL) to conduct an assessment and response survey. 

We are also recruiting volunteers (VOL) with a high probability of deploying them to the PHL within the next 5-10 days in support of Typhoon Haiyan disaster operations. Post disaster infrastructure damage and security lapse is currently preventing safe access and overland movement. Envision multiple 21-day door-to-door rotations. We will keep VOL informed of deployment dates/times as soon as we have the information.

Numbers and specialties currently recruited may change after the field assessment. We envision our VOL will deploy across a variety of mission platforms to multiple disaster sites to provide medical support across a spectrum of post disaster needs.
We are looking for qualified credentialed VOL in the following specialties:

Operating Room Team

  General Surgeon DO/MD

  Surgeon Assistant DO/MD

  Anesthesiologist DO/MD

  Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

  Circulating Nurse (CNOR)

  Scrub Nurse (AND/BSN/CNOR)

  Surgical Tech (CST/CSFA)

Critical Care Team 

  Intensivist DO/MD

  Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)

  Intensive and Critical Care Nurse (CCRN)

  Acute Care Clinical Care Nurse Specialist (CCNS)

  Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNPC)

  Certified or Registered Respiratory Therapist

  Clinical Nurse Specialist (APRN-CNS)

  Pharmacist (BCPS/BCACP)

Nursing Team

  RN/BSN/MSN Adult

  RN/BSN/MSN Peds

HA Field Team Physicians

  Emergency Medicine

  Family Practice

  Pediatrician

  OBGYN

  Psychiatrist

HA Field Team Other 

  Board Certified Emergency Nursing (BCEN)

  Family Practice Nurse Practitioner (FPNP-BC)

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP-BC) 

  OBGYN Nurse Practitioner (OGNP-BC)

  Psychiatric/Mental-Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

  Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)

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HOPE Volunteers must demonstrate following background/experience and bona fides:

• MD/DO degree

• ADN/BSN or higher educational degree

• Physicians and RNs require BLS, ACLS proficiency; Physicians ATLS desired.

• Current professional licensure/credentials; no record of outstanding malpractice; no criminal record

• Demonstrate minimum 3-years of background/experience in specialty

• Demonstrated ability to live/work/thrive in simple, austere, primitive, nonsectarian environment outside premier western world-class, state of the art medical facilities

• Flexibility and adaptability to changing mission assignments and high-stress environments

• Must be prepared to live in austere field conditions

• Current immunizations/prophylaxis required for travel in and about Philippines

• Good health, physically and mentally fit, highly ambulatory, no communicable diseases, no chronic/acute diseases impacting job performance, no personal mechanical medical devices

• Mature, flexible, adaptable, resilient, agile, patient, culturally sensitive, hardworking, sense of humor, like people, ability to communicate

• Foreign language: Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, Filipino fluency highly desirable

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HOPE provides following

• This is a volunteer, non-paid position

• VOL uniform

• Round-trip air transportation; if VOL redeploys in less than 30-days, the VOL is required to pay for return ticket, change fees and penalties, unless the redeployment is for HOPE verified/approved reasons (family or personal emergency, medical or HOPE directed).

• VOL who can self-fund their own transportation as a contribution towards the mission greatly appreciated

• Visas, entry documents

• Room and board: 3-culturally appropriate meals/day; may be in austere field location(s)

• Medical emergency ground/air evacuation insurance outlined in Project HOPE handbook

• Internet access where/when and if available

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When: Must deploy/redeploy when directed on published date(s) after VOL selection.

Duration: Plan for 21-day door-to-door rotation.

Where: At designated locations in/about disaster recovery sites; onboard ship, air, ground platforms.

Why: To provide necessary medical support to Typhoon post-disaster survivors.

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