Registered Nurse (RN) Emergency Shelter Support

Registered Nurse (RN) Emergency Shelter Operations

County / Location Lee County FL North Fort Myers (Southwest Florida)

Employer: Essential HealthCare Solutions LLC

Job Type: PRN / Temporary Storm Activation

Shifts: 12-hour shifts days/nights; up to 24/7 coverage; up to 14 days

Pay: Competitive

About the Role

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.

Deployment Locations & Environment

Deployable to any of the three LCEC-designated shelter sites in North Fort Myers (Lee County) and to other facilities identified in writing by the Cooperative during an activation:

• 4980 Bayline Drive North Fort Myers FL 33917
• 141 East Mariana Avenue North Fort Myers FL 33917
• LCEC Basecamp Williams Road North Fort Myers FL 33917

  Shelter occupants may include Cooperative employees line crews vegetation-management contractors mutual-aid personnel emergency-operations staff and authorized support personnel populations of 50 to 500 operating continuously for 24 hours to 14 days.

  What Youll Do

• 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

  What Youll Bring

• Active unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the State of Florida (or multistate / Nurse Licensure Compact privilege valid in Florida) required
• Current BLS certification required (ACLS/PALS preferred)
• 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

Preferred: prior emergency storm shelter or field-medical experience; triage experience; ICS/FEMA (NIMS) familiarity

Schedule & Conditions

This is activation-based work. Deployments are triggered by storm events from up to 72 hours before anticipated landfall through impact and into recovery for periods of 24 hours to 14 consecutive days. You will work 12-hour shifts including nights weekends and holidays in shelter and temporary-facility settings. Meals and lodging are provided during qualifying deployments and PPE is supplied.

Upon activation you acknowledge the assignment within one (1) hour and confirm availability roster placement estimated deployment time and emergency-contact information.

Why Join Essential HealthCare Solutions

• Meaningful work supporting Southwest Floridas storm-response and power-restoration mission
• A role on a live awarded emergency-response contract with a respected electric cooperative
• Activation and deployment pay with meals and lodging provided during qualifying deployments
• Flexible on-call commitment you deploy when storms activate

How to Apply

Apply today to join our Southwest Florida emergency-response roster upload your resume at or reply to this posting. Please note the position title and that you are applying for the LCEC hurricane sheltering program (RFP No.).

Essential HealthCare Solutions LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.

Required Experience:

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