01/18/2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2022
Contact:
Christina Crooks Bryan
Delaware Healthcare Association
Mobile: (302) 245-1638
christina@deha.org
 
 

“Delaware Hospitals Need Your Help”
DHA Calls for Volunteers, Workers to Sign-Up at www.deha.org/hospitalhelp

 
(Dover, DE – January 18, 2022) The Delaware Healthcare Association is calling for volunteers to sign-up to provide staffing support for Delaware hospitals at www.deha.org/hospitalhelp during the current COVID-19 surge. The new online sign-up form is intended for those willing to commit to two or more shifts of work per week at a local Delaware hospital to help fill clinical and non-clinical support roles to help alleviate staffing challenges.
 
“In times of crisis, Americans have always come forward and pitched in,” said Wayne Smith, President & CEO of the Delaware Healthcare Association. “The hour of need is upon us.  Delaware hospitals need your help to meet the great challenge that visits us and must be met.”
 
“The COVID-19 crisis strains hospital staff and resources. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Delaware hospitals need volunteers to provide support to ensure our health care workforce can focus on patient care. To answer the call, please visit www.deha.org/hospitalhelp and sign up,” continued Smith.
 
The Delaware Healthcare Association (DHA) is looking for volunteers who may have prior health care experience as well volunteers from the general public who may be able to fill non-clinical support roles, such as assisting with patient registration, answering phones, cleaning rooms or delivering supplies. The www.deha.org/hospitalhelp online sign-up form provides volunteers with different options from which to choose, including which type of clinical or non-clinical role they would be able to fill, as well as the amount of time they can give.
 
DHA is pushing the volunteer sign-up site out through social media and is working with Delaware higher education institutions to direct volunteers to the site. Governor Carney also encouraged Delawareans to sign up during his January 18^th press briefing. He will be cutting a video appeal to support volunteer response to this call.
 
After volunteers complete the online form, DHA will provide hospitals with the list of volunteers in their county. Volunteers may or may not be contacted by a hospital based on candidate qualifications and hospital need. DHA asks that candidates please do not follow for a status update once forms are submitted as staffing shortages are affecting all departments and status updates will not be provided. 
 
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About the Delaware Healthcare Association 
The Delaware Healthcare Association (DHA) is a statewide trade and membership services organization for hospitals and health care systems that serves as a leader in the promotion of effective change in health services through collaboration and consensus building on health care issues at the State and Federal levels. DHA’s vision is to be the leading and respected voice for hospitals and health care delivery systems in Delaware working together to deliver compassionate, accessible, high quality, financially sustainable health care to the patients and communities they serve. DHA’s mission is to provide policy and advocacy leadership in creating an excellent environment for enabling every Delawarean to be as healthy as they can be.