Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN - Veterans Services

Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN
- Veterans Services - 25624

USA: | Nursing | Full Time

28.33 - 31.16 USD per hour

Posted 2 weeks ago | Apply before September 30, 2026

This position will remain open until filled;the posting will be taken down once a candidate is selected

The Idaho Division of Veterans Services (IDVS) has an opening for a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Boise.

The ideal candidate in this role will perform practical nursing care or assist a Registered Nurse or Physician in a long-term care facility setting.

• We guarantee hours to full- time employees regardless of census.
• Night shift employees earn an additional 15% shift differential.
• Evening shift employees earn an additional 10% shift differential.

This position will remain open until filled;the posting will be taken down once a candidate is selected

The Idaho Division of Veterans Services (IDVS) has an opening for a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Boise.

The ideal candidate in this role will perform practical nursing care or assist a Registered Nurse or Physician in a long-term care facility setting.

• We guarantee hours to full- time employees regardless of census.
• Night shift employees earn an additional 15% shift differential.
• Evening shift employees earn an additional 10% shift differential.

• Performs practical nursing care or assists a registered nurse or physician in routine to complex situations.
• Observes, records, and reports residents' treatment, care, symptoms, physical and mental condition, behavior and progress.
• Administers prescribed medications including intramuscular injections and observes for adverse reactions.
• Performs treatments including change of sterile dressings, insertion of nasal gastric tubes, catheterization and removal of sutures.
• Interviews residents to obtain health information and instructs and counsels residents regarding basic health needs.
• Teaches residents and their families the importance of proper diet, proper positioning, range-of-motion exercises, transfer techniques, and personal hygiene procedures.
• Charts administered medications, symptoms, accidents, unusual behavior, doctors' visits and observed side effects of drugs.
• Orders lab and x-ray work under physician's orders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

You must possess all the minimum qualifications below to pass the exam for this position.

Please make sure your resume or work history supports your meeting the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to do this may disqualify you from being considered for this position.

• Requires current licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse or state licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse pursuant to the Nurse Licensure Compact, Idaho Code 54-1418.

For licensure information, please contact the Idaho Board of Nursing at http://ib.idaho.gov or call

Desirable

Qualifications:

• Experience providing individual or group patient education
• Work experience in a plan-of-care approach to patient care
• Experience providing work direction and orientation to other workers

WE OFFER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BEYOND COMPARE:

• Excellent low-cost Health , Dental and Vision insurance .
• Participation in one of the nation's best state retirement systems PERSI Retirement .
• Generous vacation and sick leave accrual beginning as soon as you start.
• Paid parental leave.
• Eleven paid holidays a year.
• Multiple retirement plans, including an optional 401k & Deferred Compensation plan.
• Group Life Insurance/Disability Insurance/Supplemental Life Insurance .
• Employe…