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Join Us! Serving on the Front Lines of Health

Join Us! Serving on the Front Lines of Health

Ready to Put Your Skills to Work Battling COVID-19?

From administering vaccines to participating in various community outreach and education initiatives, you can make a meaningful difference in America’s ability to prevail over the pandemic.

Consider working side-by-side with other health and medical professionals, serving your home communities and communities across the nation.

Woman in checking in people in car line for COVID-19 vaccine

Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)

MRC volunteers donate their time and expertise to prepare for and respond to emergencies and promote healthy living in their local communities.

In 2020, more than 500 MRC units in 48 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands have supported their communities in a wide array of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic including contact tracing, testing with COVID-19 testing clinics, assisting with vaccine distribution, providing medical surge personnel to healthcare facilities, and various community outreach and education initiatives.

There are opportunities in communities across the country for MRC volunteers to help improve health in their communities. Practicing and retired medical professionals, public health professionals, and members of the community who don’t have medical background can all make important contributions to their MRC units. Learn More »

NDMS Responders and final patient departs the Javits Center

National Disaster Medical System

The healthcare and medical professionals who serve with NDMS respond to disasters and public health emergencies to protect health and save lives.

During the response to the COVID-19 p​andemic, NDMS responders have also worked to decompress hospital emergency rooms in communities across the country, from densely populated urban areas like New York City to remote facilities in Alaska. NDMS responders also helped communities with fatality management, responded to emergencies including Hurricane Laura and the California wildfire as the COVID-19 pandemic continued, and administered over 100,000 doses of the vaccine.

NDMS responders are intermittent federal employees who may deploy for a few weeks each year to hard-hit communities in response to a disaster or emergency. NDMS responders include a wide range of medical. Learn More »

Volunteer administers a vaccine

Become a Part of the Expanded Vaccine Workforce

More healthcare personnel are needed to administer these life-saving vaccines in communities across the country, and the definition of covered qualified persons to give the vaccine has been expanded to include, among others, current and retired healthcare professionals , and students in healthcare programs.

To apply help administer COVID-19 vaccines in your community, find out if you are eligible, learn about training requirements, and register with your state through the Emergency System for the Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals.

State and territorial health agencies will determine how to best use available COVID-19 vaccinators to help their communities. Some vaccinators may not be called to serve, but by registering you are making the commitment to help the people in your community if they need you. You could even administer a dose of vaccine that saves someone’s life. Learn More »