Clinic by the Bay is Volunteer-Powered

Actively Recruiting Volunteers -

Actively Recruiting Volunteers -

At Clinic by the Bay, volunteers are essential to our mission and operations. Not only does Clinic by the Bay offer equitable health care, we also provide an opportunity for meaningful civic engagement and multi-generational learning.  More than half of our operating budget is received through the in-kind services of our volunteer staff. We engage retired and practicing medical professionals, medical students, and folks with various expertise as volunteers to provide compassionate, high-quality health care for low-income, uninsured adults in our community.

Often in the healthcare field, medical staff are limited by what care the patient can afford. However at Clinic by the Bay, our volunteers practice the art of medicine, rather than the business of healthcare.  Our model also allows for medical students to learn from the vast combined experience of our retired doctors and nurses as the students support and work alongside them as receptionists, scribes, interpreters, prescription assistants and in other essential clinic roles.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    • Be at least 18 years old or older.

    • Be able to provide proof of a completed Tuberculosis test taken within the last year

    • Be able to provide proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19

    • Be able to commit to a minimum of six consecutive months

    • For the first 6 months of training, be able to commit to two 4 hour volunteer shifts per month

    • After training period, be able to commit to at least one shift per month.

    • Be able to commit to three in-person training shifts

  • License/Certification is only required for the following roles:

    • Clinical Support Volunteer: A valid and current CNA, EMT, Phlebotomy, MA, or similar license is required, in addition to six months of work experience

    • Unlicensed Dental Volunteer: Current American Heart Association (AHA) CPR BLS (with hands on assessment) certification, Recent California Board of Dentistry Approved Infection Control Course, and Recent California Board of Dentistry Approved Dental Practice Act Course is required

    • No, all of our volunteer roles are in person at 35 Onondaga Ave, San Francisco.

  • Letters of Recommendation and verification of hours can be requested after 100 hours of service. LOR, regardless of number of years or hours served, are given on a case-by-case basis.

  • Unfortunately we do not offer provider shadowing at the clinic.

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