Volunteer at a Coalition Community Clinic

Current Openings

The Wallace Medical Concern

The Wallace Medical Concern
Has the opportunity to provide Urgent Care Service to Uninsured Low Income Patients with your help! We welcome ANPs, FNPs, Internal Medicine, Family Practice and ED Doctors to volunteer at our Gresham Clinic. The Wallace Medical Concern Clinic needs volunteers on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30pm.

Dermatologists:
Dermatologists are needed to volunteer Thursdays in downtown Portland. Help us keep dermatological care out of the emergency room! Volunteer as little as once a year to see patients for Basal cell carcinoma, severe psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and warts.

Podiatrists:
Podiatrists needed for our Gresham and downtown clinics. We commonly see patients for ingrown toenails, callous and nail debridement, heel pain and plantar warts. We ask podiatrists to make a minimum commitment of 2 volunteer shifts a year.

Be a Wallace Practitioner!

Contact Wallace Medical Concern:
Cecily Peterson or call (503) 489-1760 ×13 for more information.

North By Northeast

North By Northeast

NxNE is in need of volunteer clinicians (MDs, NPs and DOs).

Contact North By Northeast:
Sharetta Butcher or call 503-287-4932 for more information.

Outside In

Outside In

Project Erase Tattoo Removal
Outside In is recruiting Medical Doctors, Naturopathic Doctors, Doctors of Osteopathy, Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses to help in our tattoo removal program. Volunteer to remove tattoos that pose social barriers and prevent personal growth and change. All training is provided. (Minimum of 5 years experience for RN’s and 2 years for other medical professionals.)

Podiatrists
Podiatrists are needed to provide care to a broad range of patients with a wide array of medical diagnoses.

Trans Clinic
Medical Doctors, Doctors of Osteopathy, Naturopathic Doctors and Nurse Practitioners are needed to provide medical care to transgender clients during Outside In’s Trans Clinic

For more information and to complete a Medical Professional Volunteer Application, please go to our website.

Contact Outside In:
Volunteer Manager or call 503-535-3840 for more information.

Southwest Community Health Clinic

SWCHC is recruiting additional providers for our chronic disease clinics. Currently needed are MD’s, especially Internists or Family Medicine physicians. A couple additional MD’s are needed on the 1st and 3rd Mondays to help with the Chronic Disease Management Clinics.

For more information www.swchc-pdx.org/volunteer.php or call (503)977-0733

Links to Clinics

For the most up-to-date information – go directly to the clinic page. Each has a “Volunteer Opportunities” section near the top of the page which is updated by the clinics themselves each month.

1. CHILDRENS COMMUNITY CLINIC
2. MERCY & WISDOM HEALING CENTER
3. NATIONAL COLLEGE OF NATURAL MEDICINE COMMUNITY CLINICS
4. NARA INDIAN HEALTH CLINIC
5. NORTH BY NORTHEAST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
6. OLD TOWN CLINIC
7. OUTSIDE IN MEDICAL CLINIC
8. OHSU RICHMOND CLINIC
9. PACS FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
10. ROSEWOOD FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
11. SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
12. THE WALLACE MEDICAL CONCERN
13. WEST BURNSIDE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC

Volunteer Process:

If you are a Medical Professional and wish to learn more about volunteering in a Coalition Clinic you may email volunteer@coalition-clinics.org . We will forward your interest to our group of 13 Clinic Volunteer Managers.

We will soon provide on our website a “Volunteer Paperwork Package” which will include:

1. Volunteer Intake form
2. Clinician Credentialing Checklist (determining comfort level with a variety of procedures and patient population types)
3. Multnomah County Health Department Indemnification Application (protecting you from legal suits as a volunteer) These forms are available now, below.

If you prefer to make the inquiries yourself, you may view the individual Clinic Pages which have the most up to date information about current volunteer opportunities.

Multnomah County Health Department Indemnification

MCHD provides indemnification for community health volunteers. Coalition Clinics will ask you to provide the MCHD paperwork below and submit it to the clinic. Clinics will submit the paperwork to MCHD.

1. MCHD Indemnification Application (doc)
2. Professional References (doc)
3. Renewal Application (doc)
   Indemnified volunteers must submit a request for renewal of indemnification every two years
4. MCHD Volunteer Requirements Checklist (doc)
5. MCHD New Letter to Providers Re: Indemnification (doc)
6. MCHD Welcome Letter-Backside (doc)

Incident Reporting:

If you are a current volunteer and need to file a report regarding any limitations or restrictions to your license, any claims or threat of claims please use the following forms:

• Restriction report form
• Claim report form

If you are a clinic staff, patient or volunteer and need to file a report regarding any on site injury, sexual harassment, or patient complaint please use the following form:

• Incident report form

All reports will be kept confidential and should be returned to the Coalition of Community Health Clinics.
619 SW 11th Ave Suite 225
Portland OR 97205
Fax: 503-548-4849

volunteer@coalition-clinics.org