Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Emergency Shelter Support
Essential Healthcare Solutions•North Port, FL
•Onsite
About The Position
Essential HealthCare Solutions, LLC is building a roster of Florida-certified Nursing Assistants to provide hands-on basic care and medical-station support at employee shelters during hurricane and severe-weather events in Southwest Florida. Working under RN direction, our CNAs help keep shelter occupants comfortable, monitored, and safe. This is on-call, activation-based work ideal for CNAs who want meaningful disaster-response experience and flexible deployments.
Requirements
- Active Florida CNA certification — required
- Current BLS/CPR certification — required
- Ability to pass a background screening
- Availability to deploy on short notice and work extended 12-hour shifts in shelter/field conditions
Nice To Haves
- home-health, long-term-care, disaster-response, or medical-assisting experience
- FEMA NIMS (IS-100/200/700/800)
- bilingual a plus
Responsibilities
- Provide basic care under RN direction — vital signs, activities-of-daily-living (ADL) support, and patient comfort
- Assist the nursing team with screening, monitoring, and patient movement
- Support setup, stocking, and organization of the shelter medical station
- Track and help maintain medical-supply and PPE inventory; flag replenishment needs
- Observe and report changes in occupant condition to the RN promptly
- Assist with infection-prevention practices — hand hygiene, PPE, cleaning and disinfection
- Help maintain shift logs and supply-usage documentation
- Support the clinical team with general non-clinical tasks as directed during activations
Benefits
- Meals and lodging are provided during qualifying deployments
- PPE is supplied
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
