We are looking for Y-Nurs (Yokohama City Disaster Support Nurse)!

It is a nursing profession working as a "medical rescue squad" based on disaster preparedness plan, Yokohama City, together with pre-registered doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and city officials in the event of a disaster such as the Great East Japan Earthquake. Activities include emergency medical care mainly for mildly ill patients at evacuation shelter (designated elementary and junior high schools).

Qualified public health nurses, midwives, nurses, and associate nurses living or working in Yokohama, who can provide support activities at evacuation shelter in Izumi Ward (designated elementary and junior high schools) in the event of a disaster. (However, in principle, those who are supposed to attend the workplace in the event of a disaster, such as working at a hospital, are excluded.)

Please fill out the registration form with required items and mail it to Health and Welfare Division Izumi Ward Health and Welfare Center below.
In addition, new registration using the electronic application system is also possible.
(In order to register using the electronic application system, it is necessary to register in advance.)
After accepting the application form, you will receive a Y-Nurse registration certificate. (In the case of application using the mail / electronic application system, it will be sent by mail at a later date.)

Y-Nurse New Registration Electronic Application System (external site)

Izumi Ward Health and Welfare Center Health and Welfare Division (312, Izumi Ward Office, 3rd floor)
〒251-0024 5-1-1, Izumichuokita, Izumi-ku, Yokohama-shi

We provide various trainings and trainings for nursing activities in the event of a disaster, such as "pre-registration training" and "follow-up training".
Details can be found on the Yokohama City Disaster Support Nurse (Y Nurse) page (Medical Care Bureau Medical Policy Division).