RN Director of Nursing Full-time
State of Arizona

DIRECTOR OF NURSING

apartment State of Arizona location_onPhoenix, AZ, US
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES

For Veterans and those who care for them.

DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Job Location:

Arizona State Veterans' Home - Phoenix
4141 North Silvestre Herrera Way
Phoenix, Arizona 85012

Posting Details:

Salary: Up to $104,500.00 annually (DOE) 

Grade: N2

Closing Date: December 2, 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. This key position plans, organizes, and directs the Nursing Department of a Medicare certified skilled nursing facility.

Your rewards:
• The opportunity to receive a pension and healthcare benefits for a lifetime!
• Generous paid time-off benefits
• Wellness, employee assistance programs, plus 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, facilitiy 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 frequency and prevalence of quality indicators within the skilled nursing environment

Skills In:

  • Managing systems, functions, material/supply resources, human resources and nursing practices
  • Assessing and planning appropriate medical interventions, especially as they apply to quality indicators
  • Fundamental nursing that may be used when providing nursing care or supervising and assessing the work and practice of other nursing staff
  • Oral and written communication skills
  • Problem solving as it relates to nursing care and practice, interpersonal relationships, internal/external resources, and critical family/resident issues
  • Management and leadership

Ability To:

  • Listen, observe, assess, and respond to medical emergencies
  • Evaluate, analyze, and make independent decisions and follow-up regarding client health problems
  • Work with professional and non-professional staff to ensure health and safety of residents
Selective Preference(s):

One or more years of skilled nursing facility or long-term care experience preferred

Pre-Employment Requirements:
  • Active license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Arizona
  • Current Negative TB skin test (Mantoux skin test) within the last twelve months or a written statement from a physician, physician’s assistant or a registered nurse practitioner indicating freedom from Tuberculosis, if in the past has had a positive skin test or Tuberculosis
  • Fingerprint clearance card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety
  • May be required to drive on State business; current, valid drivers license required. Subject to driver’s license record checks; must maintain acceptable driving records and complete any required driver training

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits:

The Arizona Department of Administration offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:

  • Sick leave
  • Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
  • Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
  • Health and dental insurance
  • Retirement plan
  • Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
  • Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Retirement:

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).  Please note, enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Human Paul Sharp at recruiting@azdvs.gov or (602) 781-7032 for assistance.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.

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