OPS SENIOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (WEEKEND WARRIOR)

Requisition No: 834106 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: OPS SENIOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (WEEKEND WARRIOR)

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 50326645 

Salary:  $24.72 

Posting Closing Date: 10/27/2024 

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Requisition 834106

OPS SENIOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (WEEKEND WARRIOR PROGRAM)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Ardie R. Copas State Veterans’ Nursing Home

Port Saint Lucie, St. Lucie County, FL.

Hourly Salary: $24.72

Paid Bi-Weekly

 

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 to join our Weekend Warrior Program.

**Multiple OPS (Temporary) positions and shifts may be filled from this advertisement within six (6) months of the closing date. **

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must possess licensure as a Practical Nurse in the State of Florida.
• Must have current CPR certification.
• Must be willing and able to only work evening, night, or weekend shifts.
• Must be willing and able to work at least one shift per pay period unless otherwise approved by the Director of Nursing.
• Knowledgeable in the use of Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Successful completion of the due diligence process, to include but not limited to, a Level II Background check and drug screen.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• One (1) year of experience in long-term care / 120 bed skilled nursing facility, with a geriatric population.
• One (1) year of experience providing practical nursing services.
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records.

 

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The incumbent is responsible for providing quality care to veteran residents to ensure their health, safety, and security in accordance with established agency Standard Operating Procedures and Nurse Practice Act. 

• Perform assigned duties to include, but not limited to administration of medications and treatments per MD order, monitoring and providing interventions to meet the needs of the resident, completing accurate clinical documentation reflective of resident’s status and supervising CNA and other supportive caregiver.
• Complete documentation of needs and treatment as required by local, state, and federal requirements.  
• Assist team members in giving care to patients. 
• Administer direct care using nursing skills and judgment as needed.  
• Evaluate and document the patient's condition and nursing needs. 
• Set goals and prescribe appropriate nursing interventions to meet the physical, psychological, social rehabilitative and discharge planning.  
• Initiate and share in leadership conferences in development of individualized nursing care plans. 
• Assign nursing care to team members in accordance with the patients' needs and available