RN Full-time
State of Arizona

REGISTERED NURSE - POOL

State of Arizona Phoenix, AZ, US

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES

For Veterans and those who care for them.

REGISTERED NURSE - POOL

Job Location:

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

Posting Details:

Salary: Up To $41.60 hourly (DOE)

A shift differential is paid for night shifts at 10% of base pay.

Eligible weekend shifts receive supplemental pay at 10% of base pay. 

Grade: 01

Closing Date: July 2, 2026

Job Summary:

Would you like to be part of an amazing team that helps Veterans thrive? At the Arizona Department of Veterans Services (AZDVS), we are committed to serving and honoring Veterans, Service Members, and their families by ensuring that they receive the highest quality services so that they can thrive for a lifetime!

We are looking for compassionate Registered Nurses (RNs).

Your rewards:
• Flexible Scheduling: As a pool employee, you will have the opportunity to work a flexible schedule, working as needed. This arrangement allows you to enjoy the flexibility that supports work-life balance.
• Professional Growth: As an RN, you will have the opportunity to engage in continuous learning and improvement through the Arizona Management System (AMS).

Your contribution:
• Meaningful Work: Your dedication as an RN will directly enhance the lives of veterans, providing them with the care and respect that they deserve.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in facility meetings, training sessions, and the implementation of the Arizona Management System (AMS) to achieve continuous improvement and efficiency
• Team Collaboration: Participate in multidisciplinary staff meetings and training to develop patient care plans and improve your knowledge, skills, and abilities

Pool commitments:
• Work one weekend (Saturday or Sunday) shift per month, two additional shifts per month, and one state service holiday per year. (Night shifts include differential pay)
• Participate in one hour of in-service training per month
• Maintain reliability; In order to maintain seamless resident care, it is critical that essential Pool employees work required shifts.

Job Duties:
  • Administer medication and perform treatments on an assigned unit, as ordered by the physician and within scope of license
  • Receives and delivers a variety of information regarding the residents’ medical, social, functional and other needs
  • Communicates with residents, family and staff as necessary to ensure the resident receives appropriate care from the interdisciplinary team
  • Performs the initial admission nursing assessment on a newly admitted resident; assists with the development of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments, ongoing quarterly reviews and care plans
  • Maintains appropriate clinical and administrative documentation regarding diagnosis, assessments, treatment and summary of client progress
  • Leads and performs limited supervision of subordinate staff and assists as needed with direct resident care for the completion of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) including bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, personal hygiene mobility
  • Conducts and participates in in-service training and staff development programs for regularly employed staff and other duties as assigned.
  • Utilizes AMS concepts and tools for problem solving and continuous work/process improvements and efficiency
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Gerontological/geriatric nursing theory and practices
  • Residents’ condition and changing medical/physical/psychological care needs
  • Effects of the aging process
  • Practices and procedures of team nursing
  • Practices and procedures of pharmacology and medicines
  • Federal, state and agency laws, rules, and regulations governing general professional nursing practices and the security and control of medical supplies and medications and dispensing thereof

Skill in:

  • Observing and assessing behavior and progress of patients
  • Applying and interpreting state and agency laws and regulations governing geriatric nursing practices
  • Effective oral and written communication
  • Building interpersonal relationships

Ability to:

  • Learn, implement and monitor AMS methods, and to use AMS concepts and tools for problem solving and continuous work/process improvement and efficiency
Selective Preference(s):

At least two years of long-term care experience

Pre-Employment Requirements:
  • Possession of an active license to practice as a Registered Nurse 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
  • Ability to obtain and retain a fingerprint clearance card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety
  • Current CPR card that was obtained by physical assessment
  • This position requires the ability to drive on State business. Requires possession of and ability to retain a current, valid state-issued driver's license appropriate to the assignment. Employees who drive on State business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records and must complete any required driver training (see A.AC. R2-10-207.11).

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

Contact Us:

If you have any questions please feel free to contact recruiting@azdvs.gov for assistance.

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

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