Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Emergency Shelter Support

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) — Emergency Shelter Hurricane Employee Sheltering Support

County /

Location:

Lee County, FL — North Fort Myers (Southwest Florida)

Employer: Essential Health Care 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

Essential Health Care 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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
• Preferred: home-health, long-term-care, disaster-response, or medical-assisting experience; FEMA NIMS (IS-100/200/700/800); bilingual a plus

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.

• Meaningful work supporting Southwest Florida's 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

Essential Health Care 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.