Posting number: 27-00967
Department: 671 Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Home
Job classification: Nurse Supervisor
Posting type: Open
Categories: Nursing, Veteran Services
At the Iowa Veterans Home, care is more than a job—it’s a mission.
As Iowa’s only veterans home and one of the largest in the nation, we’re proud to serve veterans and spouses with dignity, compassion, and community. Join us in making IVH a place where those who served truly feel at home.
The Iowa Veterans Home is seeking an excited, motivated RN interested in growing their leadership skills while leading a team of Nursing staff on the evening shift.
This Nursing Supervisor has shift specific accountability for nursing personnel on the evening shift in the management of healthcare delivery in the Dack building. Makes frequent rounds in the assigned coverage area providing support, assisting in problem solving, and monitoring clinical competencies. Assists with clinical coverage when needed. Works with evening shift peers to ensure leadership coverage Monday through Friday with the occasional weekend and holiday rotation. Has the option of working four 10 hour shifts each week. Covers as a house supervisor acting as a resource for all nursing staff in the facility.
What we offer as a full time Iowa Veterans Home employee:
Monthly optional Medical Insurance Premium (Iowa Choice*) for 2026:
Single: $64/mo = employee share; $836/mo = state share
Family: $210/mo = employee share; $1,896/mo = state share
Monthly optional Dental Insurance Premium for 2026:
Single: Free
Family: $46
**All applicants are subject to a Criminal Background Check Dependent Adult Abuse and Child Abuse Check.
E-Verify and Right to Work
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
1) All of the following (a, b, and c):
a. Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator’s Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing; and
b. Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree in nursing; and
c. One year of full-time professional clinical work experience in a correctional environment or in any combination of nursing specialty areas including epidemiology, geriatrics, maternal and child health, nursing education, pediatrics, public health, mental health or psychiatrics, or intellectual disability.
2) All of the following (a and b):
a. Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator’s Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing; and
b. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in nursing.
3) All of the following (a, b, and c):
a. Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator’s Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing; and
b. One year of full-time professional clinical work experience in a correctional environment or in any combination of nursing specialty areas including epidemiology, geriatrics, maternal and child health, nursing education, pediatrics, public health, mental health or psychiatrics, or intellectual disability; and
c. A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part b), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in nursing equals one year of full-time experience.
For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.
All positions in this class require licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing, or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator’s Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
More information about the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing is available at Nurse Licensure Compact | Iowa Board of Nursing .
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