Charge Nurse - Part-Time, Union Grove Veterans Home

Position Summary

Advance your career while caring for Wisconsin veterans!

This is a highly responsible advanced-level professional nursing position that provides management of direct care activities and oversight of personnel at WVHUG when first-line supervisors are absent. The Nurse Clinician 3 functions as the Administrative Charge Nurse, assuming facility-wide responsibility for nursing staff, services and activities. The incumbent performs administrative duties under the general supervision of the Nursing Supervisor (DON) and with direction from the Assistant DON and Veterans Home Administrator (Commandant).

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Salary Information

Starting salary will be between $50.00 and $53.39 per hour, depending on candidate qualifications, plus an attractive employee benefits package.

Sign-On Bonus of $2000 for eligible employees who agree to remain in the position for one year. The first $1000 will be paid in the employee's first paycheck and the second $1000 will be paid when the employee attains permanent status.

Nurse Clinician 3 is in pay schedule-pay range 11-01. For current State employees, pay on appointment will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin Compensation Plan.

This position is not represented by a bargaining unit.

Job Details

The position is part-time (60%) NOC shift (11:30 p.m.

• 8:00 a.m.) and works every-other weekend and alternates weekdays

• Tuesday and Friday one week and Monday and Thursday the opposite week.

Due to the nature of the position, WDVA will conduct a criminal background check prior to an offer of employment.

Employment in this position is contingent upon passing a pre-employment tuberculosis (TB) skin test.

A 12-month probationary period may be required.

Employees at this healthcare facility are required to report their COVID-19 vaccination status, whether vaccinated or not, and provide supporting documentation if vaccinated. Newly hired employees will be required to submit this information by their third day of employment.

Qualifications

This position requires that the incumbent hold a current Registered Nurse license in the State of Wisconsin or Nurse Licensure Compact state by the date of hire.

In their resume and letter, minimally qualified candidates will describe their experience:

• providing direct nursing care to patients; and
• in a lead worker or leadership role

Additional required and preferred qualifications that will be assessed later in the selection process are experience:

• Providing education/training to staff or patients; and

• Using Point-Click-Care; and/or

• With critical thinking; and/or

• Providing nursing services in long-term care

How To Apply

To be eligible for consideration for this position, complete the online application process. For instructions, refer to the following link:

Applying to State Service. You will be required to attach a resume. Attaching a letter of qualifications is strongly recommended. To ease the application process, upload your documents to WiscJobs prior to attaching them.

Your resume and letter are critical components of your application. For instructions on writing and what to include in your resume and letter, click here.

NOTE: Applicants are not able to update or change their application materials once they are submitted. Make certain that your resume and letter are how you want them to be before finalizing your application.

Applicant credentials will be verified and resumes and letters will be evaluated by one or more job experts. Qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process. Failure to complete all steps of the process will result in an incomplete application, which will not be considered.

Veterans with a 30%-or-greater service-related disability are eligible for consideration for non-competitive appointment to a permanent position in classified civil service under s. 230.275, WI Stats. If you meet the eligibility criteria, please send a letter of qualifications, resume, DD214 clearly showing an honorable discharge, and documentation of your service-connected disability rating dated within 12 months, to the Human Resources contact listed in this announcement. Current State employees are not eligible for this consideration.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States (i.e., a citizen or national of the U.S., a lawful permanent resident, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. without WDVA sponsorship) at the time of application.

Questions can be directed to J Lea Roberts at jlea.roberts@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-3344.

Deadline to Apply

All application materials must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on the new deadline June 4, 2024.