SENIOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE - 50009051

Requisition No: 834178 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: SENIOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE - 50009051

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 50009051 

Salary:  $ 49,960.77 

Posting Closing Date: 10/16/2024 

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Requisition #834178

 

SENIOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Douglas T. Jacobson State Veterans’ Nursing Home

Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, FL

Non-Negotiable Annual Salary: $49,960.77

Paid Bi-Weekly

 

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served U.S.  We are seeking a motivated, dynamic individual to join our team. Our skilled nursing facility boasts a loyal team of long-term employees and a fantastic work culture!

• The average CNA to patient ratio is 1 to 7
• The average Nurse to patient ratio is 1 to 20
• Excellent patient care resources and time allotment
• Ceiling lift system in every patient room and their bathroom
• Ample Supplies and PPE equipment
• State of the art smoke free facility
• On-site Pharmacy

 

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 available for State Universities and ‎Community Colleges (up to six (6) credits per semester).‎

 

*Position for Senior Licensed Practical Nurse (SLPN) may include a sign-on bonus of $2,000.00, which will be paid out over a two-year period at 6-month intervals. Restrictions apply. Any employee leaving employment with the agency or moving to OPS prior to that timeframe will forfeit any additional bonus reimbursement. Returning employees must have left the Department for a period of 12 months or more to be ‎eligible for the sign-on bonus.

  

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, including OPS (temporary) positions/shifts 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, as needed.
• Licensure as a Practical Nurse in accordance with Florida Sta