Job Description

Requisition No: 877734

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: OPS REGISTERED NURSE WW (WEEKEND WARRIOR)

Pay Plan: Health Care Practice

Position Number: 50601720

Salary: $34.67/Hour

Posting Closing Date: 06/22/2026

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Requisition # 877734

OPS Registered Nurse - Weekend Warrior

FLORIDA DEPARMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Ardie R. Copas State Veterans’ Nursing Home

Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, FL.

Hourly Rate: $34.67

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 in from this advertisement within six (6) months of the closing date. **

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

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 employment screening process to include, but not limited to, a national background investigation and drug test.‎

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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.

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. Works under the direct supervision of the Senior Registered Nurse Supervisor.

• Receive verbal orders, including telephone orders from attending physicians.
• Transcribe 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.
• Ensure that narcotic records are accurate for assigned shift.
• Will provide supervision (lead worker duties) for the facility on an assigned shift as required and as defined in 60K-2.0061 (3) (d) F.A.C.
• Review work assignments with staff on the unit and assign team members in accordance with the patient’s needs, available staffing, and in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Ensure assigned CNAs are in the dining room on time.
• Problem solves with coworkers as required before involving supervisor.
• Recognize and respond to changes in residents’ 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 reports at the 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.
• Review and update care plans; notify the chairperson if changes need to be made in established policies and procedures; and attend Interdisciplinary Care Plans when requested.
• Always maintain professional standards of nursing care.
• Follow 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.
• Ensure economic utilization of supplies and proper charging of items to residents’ accounts.
• Ensure equipment is maintained in a clean and safe manner.
• Maintain valid CPR certification and perform as needed.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

This position is in the Other Personnel Service (Temporary) system.

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.