REGISTERED NURSE

Requisition No: 864225 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: REGISTERED NURSE

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 50453000 

Salary:  $67,742.74 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 11/28/2025 

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Requisition #864225

REGISTERED NURSE

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Ardie R. Copas State Veterans' Nursing Home

Port Saint Lucie, Saint Lucie County, FL.

Annual Non-Negotiable Salary: $67,742.74

Paid Bi-Weekly

  

Shifts Available:
3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. (30-Minute Break)

11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. (30-Minute Break)

*This position is eligible for both Overtime pays and an additional $1.00 per hour Florida Nurses’ Association shift differential pay for qualifying shifts.

 

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served the U.S.  We are seeking motivated and dynamic individuals!

 

Excellent retirement package and optional deferred compensation plan.  Health, vision, dental, ‎disability, and other supplemental insurance are available at reasonable premium rates.  Paid vacation and ‎sick leave. Nine (9) paid holidays and one (1) personal day. Tuition waiver is available for State Universities and ‎Community Colleges (up to six (6) credits per semester).‎

 

The FDVA Nursing State Veterans’ Nursing Homes and Domiciliary are designated employment sites for the Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program.

• From funds available, the program may make nursing education loan repayments of up to $4,000.00 per year, per nurse enrolled in the program, for a maximum of four years.
• Payment is made at the end of each 12-month enrollment period and made directly to the participant’s lender.
• Enrollment and payment of awards is based on available funds.

 

Education and employment history must be verifiable.  Please attach any credentials you claim (degrees, certifications, etc.) to your application.

 

**Other vacant positions/shifts and OPS (temporary) positions may be filled from this advertisement within six (6) months of the closing date.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be willing and able to work weekends and holidays.
• Must possess a current Florida Registered Nurse License.
• Must possess a current CPR certification.
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Successful completion of the employment screening process includes, but not limited to, a national background investigation and drug test.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Experience in long-term care or 120 bed skilled nursing facility.
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with medication administration.

 

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The incumbent is responsible for giving ordered treatments, administer prescribed medications, give direct ADL care, and complete requirements for diagnostic procedures as requested by the attending physician on an assigned shift per established policies and procedures. Work under the direct supervision of the Senior Registered Nurse Supervisor.

• Receive verbal orders, including telephone orders from attending physicians.
• Transcribe physician’s orders to all appropriate documents on an assigned shift per established policies and procedures.
• Make rounds with physicians and other health care personnel per established policies and procedures.
• Monitor physician’s orders for completion.
• Review and follow-up on resident incidents or complaints. 
• Count narcotics at beginning and end of shift. Ensure that narcotic records are accurate for assigned shift.
• Provide supervision (lead worker duties) for the facility on an assigned shift as required