You will need to provide your credentials/certifications for verification and complete a brief EMS orientation over the phone, and online training courses that should only take between two and three hours.
You will also have to consent to a background check performed by the Virginia Beach EMS.
Right now, the clinic is receiving about 5,000 shots per week from the state.
“We’d like to do more vaccine but that’s going to require more people, so we’re seeking volunteers to help fill in the goals now,” Green said.
“Physicians, physician’s assistants, nurses – either nurse practitioner or LPNs – paramedics, EMT advance and EMT intermediates, as well.”
The City of Virginia Beach continues to monitor and adjust to changing conditions related to the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19.
There are national, state and local declarations of emergency in place and they are following the guidance from the Virginia Department of Health as well the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO).
Virginia Beach is 31% African American which is 525,663 African American individuals.