Volunteer
Join Our Team of Medical Volunteers
Are you trained in pediatric cardiac care? Are you a bio-med engineer who wants to be a part of something? We are always looking for medical professionals to join our team! Doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, perfusionists, OR techs, and the like – we want to meet you.
Our volunteers come from over 70 medical institutions throughout the US and 7 countries. You can choose to travel with Heart Care International or help us from your own home, joining video tele-conferences with doctors from developing countries in need of a medical consult.
Volunteer for one or both roles, whichever best fits your schedule!
To join our medical team:
- FIRST: Complete and submit the short contact form below. Be as specific as possible in the specialty section; if applicable, include the unit in which you work.
NEXT: Follow the application and liability release form links below; then email the required supporting documents and application (separate PDFs for each, sent in one email) to margaret@heartcareintl.org and betsy@heartcareintl.org:
- Notarized liability release (mail original to the office address below; everything else can be scanned/emailed as PDFs)
- Completed online volunteer application
- Most current, updated CV
- Medical, nursing, or professional license (must have a minimum of 6 months prior to expiration); NOTE: this cannot be an email verification form, it needs to be the actual license
- Copy of your medical/nursing diploma
- Color copy of the photo and signature pages of your passport; NOTE: must be signed, scanned (ie not photographed) AND must not expire before 180 days from trip return date (ie a full 6 months)
- Copy of your COVID-19 immunization card, including dates and doses received (must include one booster shot – requirement of all our host hospitals)
NOTE: All traveling team members MUST be fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19 to comply with our host hospital requirements. No exceptions to this for our traveling team members. [If you choose to not get vaccinated and boosted, you are still welcome to join the HCI team as a non-traveling member.]
A SPECIAL NOTE TO NURSES: A minimum of 3 years of pediatric cardiovascular ICU experience is required to join the traveling team.
Once all steps are completed, you will be contacted by one of the HCI Team Captains for a Zoom conversation.
NOTE: If you are invited to join a trip, you will need to pay the annual team dues before we can book your air travel – $500 for doctors and $300 for all other medical professionals. You can pay online (including the processing fee) or by check.
We appreciate your interest in Heart Care International and look forward to meeting you!
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