DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES

For Veterans and those who care for them.

DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Job Location:

Arizona State Veterans' Home - Flagstaff
2100 North Gemini Road
Flagstaff, AZ 86004

Posting Details:

Salary: $99,000.00 to $104,500.00 annually 

Grade: N2

Closing Date: July 16, 2025

Job Summary:

Would you like to be part of an amazing team that helps veterans thrive? At the Arizona Department of Veterans Services (ADVS), 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 Director of Nursing.

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

Your Contribution:
• Provide the highest quality direct care services to veterans
• 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

Job Duties:

• Plan, organize and direct nursing functions to comply with long-and-short term goals, facility policies and procedures, nursing home regulations, and budget
• Be responsible for the provision of nursing care and services to Veterans/Members 24-hours per day, seven days per week
• Determine nursing staff requirements including levels of training needed and allocation to treatment function and areas
• Ensure adequate staff to meet direct care needs, assessments and planning evaluations and supervision
• Provides assistant on units or with supervision, as required
• Hire, supervise, evaluate, counsel and discipline staff
• Review and evaluate staffs job performance through monthly 1:1 coaching sessions and annual appraisals
• Participate actively in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), clinical meetings and other facility meetings, as directed by the Administrator
• Direct a nursing education program to promote growth and development of nursing personnel
• Oversee the Yuma Arizona State Veteran Home staff compliance with annual tuberculosis skin testing requirements
• Oversee the development, presentation, and tracking of mandatory in-service trainings
• Conduct investigations of policy issues, staff and veteran/member allegations, and other potential disciplinary problems
• Make regulatory reports, as indicated
• Be actively involved in the Arizona State Management System (AMS) processes such as huddle boards, problem solving, job breakdown sheets, success tracking and standardized work
• Serve on committees and attend related meetings
• Assume staff assignments, when necessary
• Consult with department and facility managers relative to program objectives, staffing and equipment needs, budget, operational policies and procedures and management issues
• Assist Administrator in preparing for surveys

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:

• Advanced nursing knowledge related to clinical management of moderate to complex medical conditions found within a skilled nursing facility
• Fundamental nursing policies and procedures as they are generally written and applied within the skilled nursing facility
• Employee management issues including scheduling, training, supervision and application of nursing practices
• Relevant regulations as they pertain to the skilled nursing facility including OBRA, OSHA and other standards
• Regulatory requirements related to the quality of resident assessments; Minimum Data Sets and the design and implementation of resident care plans
• Human resource functions including recruiting, interviewing, training, coaching/counseling and taking disciplinary action
• Design and implementation of systems related to work flow, scheduling, quality assurance functions and tracking the frequenc