Nursing Supervisor - Registered Nurse

Department of Veterans' Services

For Veterans and those who care for them.

12‑hour rotating shifts (6:00 p.m. – 6:30 a.m.)

Arizona State Veterans Home – Yuma
6051 East 34th Street
Yuma, Arizona 85365

Salary:
Up to $43.49 hourly
Grade: N2
Closing date:
June 12, 2026

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!

Your rewards:

• Opportunity to receive a pension and healthcare benefits for a lifetime
• Generous paid time‑off benefits
• Wellness, employee assistance programs, and more

Your Contribution:

• Provide direct care services to veterans to improve their quality of life
• Participate in facility meetings, training sessions, and the implementation of the Arizona Management System (AMS) to achieve continuous improvement and efficiency
• Use and develop potential within a supportive team environment

• Supervise nursing staff assigned to shift
• Counsel staff
• Recommend discipline as needed
• Oversee and assist with admissions to and discharges from the facility
• Make rounds of veteran/member areas to ensure proper level and quality of care
• Follow‑up on all veteran/member issues
• Provide direct care as required
• May perform difficult nursing procedures
• Provide support and consultation to the nursing staff on clinical issues
• Ensure compliance with facility policies and procedures and State, Federal and VA regulations
• Oversee daily staff assignments to ensure that the facility is appropriately staffed to meet the Veteran/Member needs in the most efficient and effective manner
• May reassign staff or call in additional staff as necessary to maintain coverage through the shift
• Participate in the selection of nursing staff
• Interview and make recommendation regarding hire
• Orient new staff
• Assist with the planning and delivery of in‑service training for assigned shift
• Assist in development of policies and procedures
• Assist with quality assurance audits
• Report to and take appropriate actions in emergency situations
• Contact the Director of Nursing Services and/or Administrator with significant issues (e.g., abuse, neglect, misappropriation of property or funds, fire or police involvement, elopements, etc.) in accordance with facility policies and regulations
• Assist in conducting investigations
• Obtain, assign and maintain inventory of supplies, equipment and medications during the hours that the warehouse is closed
• Serve on committees
• Attend meetings
• Assume staff assignments when necessary

Knowledge of:

• Principles, practices and techniques of professional licensed nursing care as applied to a skilled nursing environment
• Gerontological/Geriatric nursing theory and practices
• Resident condition and changing medical/physical/psychological care needs
• Effects of aging process
• Community and medical resources necessary to provide quality care
• Practices and procedures of team nursing
• Practices and procedures of developing treatment plans for resident/patient care
• Practices and procedures of pharmacology and medicines
• Federal, State, VA, and agency laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of nursing within a skilled nursing facility, general professional nursing practices and the security and control of medical supplies and medications and dispensing thereof
• Effective supervision
• Basic staff development principles necessary for training subordinate staff
• State Personnel System Rules

Skill in:

• Professional nursing methods and techniques
• Observing and assessing behavior and progress of patients
• Problem‑solving
• Applying and interpreting state and agency laws and regulations governing geriatric nursing practices
• Developing and carrying out patient care plans within a team nursing concept
• Verbal and written communication
• Supervision and leadership

The ability to:

• Abide by nursing regulations
• Listen, observe, assess and respond to medical emergencies
• Evaluate, analyze, make independent decisions and follow up regarding client…