Registered Nurse

Overview

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES For Veterans and those who care for them.
REGISTERED NURSE - DAY SHIFT 12-hour shifts with every other weekend off (6:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.).

Job Location:

Arizona State Veterans' Home - Flagstaff, 2100 North Gemini Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86004. Posting Details:
Salary: $31.0377 - $37.5723 hourly (DOE). This position may be eligible for a $5,000 hiring incentive. A shift differential is paid for night shift at 10% of base pay. Eligible weekend shifts receive supplemental pay at 10% of base pay. Grade: N1. Closing Date:
September 12, 2025.

This position may be eligible for a $5,000 hiring incentive!

Would you like to be part of an amazing team that helps veterans thrive? At the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services (AZDVS), we are committed to serving and honoring veterans, service members, and their families by ensuring that they receive the highest quality services so they can thrive for a lifetime!

We are looking for a compassionate Registered Nurse (RN).

• The opportunity to receive a pension and healthcare benefits for a lifetime
• Generous paid time-off benefits
• Wellness, employee assistance programs, and so much more

• Provide direct care services to veterans to improve their quality of life
• Participate in facility meetings, training sessions, and the implementation of the Arizona Management System (AMS) to achieve continuous improvement and efficiency
• Use and develop your potential within a supportive team environment

• Administer medication and perform treatments on an assigned unit, as ordered by the physician and within scope of license
• Receive and deliver information regarding residents’ medical, social, functional and other needs
• Communicate with residents, family and staff to ensure the resident receives appropriate care from the interdisciplinary team
• Perform the initial admission nursing assessment on a newly admitted resident; assist with development of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments, ongoing quarterly reviews and care plans
• Maintain appropriate clinical and administrative documentation regarding diagnosis, assessments, treatment and summary of client progress
• Lead and perform limited supervision of subordinate staff and assist with direct resident care for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) including bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, personal hygiene and mobility
• Conduct and participate in in-service training and staff development programs for regularly employed staff and other duties as assigned
• Utilize AMS concepts and tools for problem solving and continuous work/process improvements and efficiency

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Gerontological/geriatric nursing theory and practices
• Residents’ condition and changing medical/physical/psychological care needs
• Effects of the aging process
• Practices and procedures of team nursing
• Practices and procedures of pharmacology and medicines
• Federal, state and agency laws, rules, and regulations governing general professional nursing practices and the security and control of medical supplies and medications and dispensing thereof

• Observing and assessing behavior and progress of patients
• Applying and interpreting state and agency laws and regulations governing geriatric nursing practices
• Effective oral and written communication
• Building interpersonal relationships

• Learn, implement and monitor AMS methods, and to use AMS concepts and tools for problem solving and continuous work/process improvement and efficiency

One or more years of skilled nursing facility or long-term care experience preferred

• Possession of an active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Arizona
• Current Negative TB skin test (Mantoux skin test) within the last twelve months or a written statement from a physician, physician’s assistant or a Registered Nurse Practitioner indicating freedom from tuberculosis, if in the past has had a positive skin test or tuberculosis
• Ability to obtain and retain a fingerprint clearance card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety
• Current…