Registered Nurse (RN) -Hurricane Sheltering Operations

Essential Healthcare Solutions•Fort Myers, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Essential HealthCare Solutions, LLC is building a roster of Florida-licensed Registered Nurses to deliver on-site nursing care at employee shelters during hurricane and severe-weather events in Southwest Florida. As the licensed clinical anchor at a shelter, you keep the line crews, contractors, and emergency personnel working to restore power healthy, safe, and fit for duty. At minimum, one Florida-licensed RN is maintained on-site per shelter throughout each activation. This is on-call, activation-based work ideal for nurses who want meaningful disaster-response experience and flexible, well-compensated deployments.

Requirements

Active, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the State of Florida (or multistate / Nurse Licensure Compact privilege valid in Florida) — required
Current BLS certification — required
Ability to pass a background screening
Ability to practice only within the scope of Florida RN licensure — no diagnosing or prescribing absent lawful medical-oversight authorization
Availability to deploy on short notice and work extended 12-hour shifts in shelter/field conditions

Nice To Haves

ACLS/PALS preferred
prior emergency, storm, shelter, or field-medical experience
triage experience
ICS/FEMA (NIMS) familiarity

Responsibilities

Conduct medical screening and health assessments of shelter occupants; evaluate non-emergency illnesses and injuries; assess fitness-for-duty concerns when requested by Cooperative management
Provide basic medical care — first aid, vital-sign monitoring, and management of minor illnesses and injuries — consistent with standing nursing protocols
Triage medical complaints, determine the appropriate level of care, and coordinate referral to urgent care, hospital, or EMS; document triage decisions and disposition
Respond to on-site medical incidents within five (5) minutes (met through continuous on-site presence) and provide emergency nursing care within scope until EMS assumes care
Monitor for heat illness, dehydration, fatigue, infectious-disease concerns, and mental-health stress indicators
Implement infection-prevention practices (hand hygiene, PPE, surface disinfection, surveillance) and recommend isolation or mitigation measures
Set up and manage the shelter medical station and maintain medical-supply inventory; request replenishment as needed
Maintain accurate documentation — service encounters, incident reports, supply-usage reports — supporting daily operational nursing reports and the after-action report
Direct on-site LPNs and CNAs and coordinate with EMS, hospitals, emergency management, and Cooperative safety personnel
Escalate serious incidents (death, hospitalization, EMS transport, suspected outbreak, significant injury) promptly to Cooperative management and EHS leadership