Requisition No: 838569
Agency: Veterans Affairs
Working Title: OPS REGISTERED NURSE WW - 50601555
Pay Plan: Health Care Practice
Position Number: 50601555
Salary: $33.99
Posting Closing Date: 10/18/2024
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Requisition #838569
OPS REGISTERED NURSE – Weekend Warrior
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Clifford C. Sims State Veterans' Nursing Home
Panama City, Bay County, FL.
Hourly pay: $33.99
Paid Bi-Weekly

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

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

** Other vacant positions, including 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 only evenings, 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 due diligence process to include, but not limited to, a Level II background check 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.

• Receive verbal orders, including telephone orders from attending physicians. Transcribes 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. Assure that narcotic records are accurate for assigned shift. Will provide supervision (lead worker duties) for the facility on an assigned shift as require and as defined in 60K-2.0061 (3) (d) F.A.C.
• Supervise subordinates on assigned unit. Review work assignments with staff on unit and assign team members in accordance with the patient’s needs, available staffing, and in accordance with policies and procedures. Assure assigned CNAs are in dining room on time. Try to problem solve with employees as required before involving supervisor.
• Recognize and respond to changes in resident’s conditions as it occurs. Will record observations accurately and concisely. Notify supervisor, physician and family of changes. Document all notifications as they are made. Assist physicians with special tests and procedures as required and within the scope of the Florida Nursing Practice Act.
• Receive and give report at beginning and end of shift by making walking rounds with the off-going and on-coming nurse. On assigned residents and within the assigned time frame will: Complete, sign and date the MDS, RAP modules and additional assessments. Will review and update care plans; notify chairperson if changes need to be made per established policies and procedures; and attend Interdisciplinary Care Plans when requested.
• Maintain professional standards of nursing care at all times. Follows all local, state, and federal rules and regulations, as well as the policies and procedures of the facility and nursing department.
• Attend mandatory and non-mandatory in-services, meetings, Care Plans and MDS as required. Will ensure economical utilization of supplies and proper charging of items to residents’ accounts.
• Ensure equipment is maintained in a clean and safe manner. Will maintain valid CPR certification and perform as needed.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned by Supervisor.
  This position is in the Career Service system.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.