NURSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST - SD - 50453503

Requisition No: 885032 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: NURSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST - SD - 50453503

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 50453503 

Salary: $71,020.56 

Posting Closing Date: 11/30/2026 

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Requisition #885032

**Anticipated Vacancy**

NURSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST / STAFF DEVELOPER

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Ardie R. Copas State Veterans' Nursing Home

Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida

Salary Range: $71,020.56

Paid Bi-weekly.

Overtime-eligible position

• Excellent retirement package and deferred compensation plan.
• Health, vision, dental, disability, and other supplemental insurance are available at reasonable premium rates. 
• Generous paid vacation and sick leave.
• Nine (9) paid holidays and one (1) personal day.
• Tuition waiver is available for State Universities and Community Colleges (up to six (6) credits per semester).

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

The FDVA Nursing State Veterans’ Nursing Homes and Domiciliary are designated employment sites for the Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program.

• From funds available, the program may make nursing education loan repayments of up to $4,000.00 per year, per nurse enrolled in the program, for a maximum of four years.
• Payment is made at the end of each 12-month enrollment period and made directly to the participant’s lender.
• Enrollment and payment of awards is based on available funds.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Florida.
• Must have excellent organizational skills.
• Must have excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Must have excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (CPR.)
• Successful completion of the employment screening process to include, but not limited to, a national background investigation and drug test.‎

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Preference will be given to candidates with the following qualifications:

• Experience in a long-term health care environment (nursing home; skilled nursing; or assisted living facility).
• Experience in infection control.
• Experience in staff education.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Developing, implementing, and maintaining a written framework of staff educational plan that promotes the growth and development of its licensed and unlicensed staff.
• Establish and maintain an Infection Control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection in the facility through monitoring and coordination with the medical team.
• Develop, coordinate, and monitor facility orientation and continuing education program, including preparation of comprehensive curriculum, pre- and post-testing materials, scheduling, and recordkeeping requirements.
• Identify, analyze, and provide training for individualized needs identified because of posttest/performance monitoring.
• Monitor facility infection control program, including employee health, as well as execution of all recordkeeping requirements.
• Arrange and conduct orientation classes for all newly hired personnel.
• Perform other related duties and projects as assigned.
• Maintain current certification in Basic Life Support and perform this skill when necessary.
• Research and development of regularly updated resource guide of professional training opportunities available to facility personnel.

This position is in the Career Service 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 View phone number on us.fitly.work). 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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.