Emergency Shelter RN - Disaster-Response Deployments

Gilder Search Group; Naples (FL); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals provided

Lodging provided

Job summary

Essential HealthCare Solutions, LLC is seeking a Florida-licensed Registered Nurse (RN) to join its disaster-response roster for on-site shelter care during hurricane and severe-weather events in Southwest Florida. This activation-based, on-call role offers 12-hour shifts and deployments up to 14 consecutive days, with meals and lodging provided during qualifying deployments.

As the on-site nursing anchor, you will screen and monitor shelter occupants, provide basic medical care, triage, and

Qualifications

• Florida RN license is required and must be active.
• Current BLS certification is required (ACLS/PALS preferred).
• Ability to pass a background screening.
• Ability to practice only within Florida RN licensure scope.
• Availability to deploy on short notice and work extended 12-hour shifts in shelter/field conditions.
• Preferred: emergency, storm, shelter, or field-medical experience; IC/FEMA 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 minutes and provide emergency nursing care within scope until EMS assumes care.
• Direct on-site LPNs and CNAs and coordinate with EMS, hospitals, emergency management, and Cooperative safety personnel.
• Escalate serious incidents promptly to Cooperative management and EHS leadership.

Education

Florida RN license

Current BLS certification

Job description

Essential HealthCare Solutions, LLC is seeking a Florida-licensed Registered Nurse (RN) to join its disaster-response roster for on-site shelter care during hurricane and severe-weather events in Southwest Florida. This activation-based, on-call role offers 12-hour shifts and deployments up to 14 consecutive days, with meals and lodging provided during qualifying deployments.

As the on-site nursing anchor, you will screen and monitor shelter occupants, provide basic medical care, triage, and