Licensed Practical Nurse (Part-Time) Office/On-site #260818-5415FK-001
Make a meaningful impact as an LPN by providing essential hands-on care to Connecticut’s veterans at the Health Care Center in Rocky Hill.
Connecticut has joined the Nurse Licensure Compact effective October 1, 2025. Visit the Nurse Licensure Compact for more details.
Schedule
- Part-time, 24 hours per week, 1st shift, 6:45 AM – 3:15 PM
- Week 1: Friday, Monday, Tuesday
- Week 2: Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Benefits
- Comprehensive state employee benefits (explore options on the State Employee Benefits Overview page)
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- Commitment to promoting a healthy work/life balance
Responsibilities
- Assists medical staff in the general care and treatment of individuals
- Administers medications including measured doses and insulin injections
- Documents and transcribes medication orders and performs narcotic counts
- Monitors individual health needs by taking and charting vital signs and reporting condition changes
- Provides basic nursing treatments such as applying topical medications and performing catheter care
- Performs related duties as required
About Us
For over 140 years, the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has been caring for its veterans and their dependents. As a department, we are a team of dedicated individuals who support our veterans, and we believe in "Serving Those Who Served."
Selection Plan for Out-of-State LPN License Holders
If you hold an LPN license in a state other than Connecticut and do not hold a multistate or compact LPN license, and wish to apply for a Connecticut license, please:
- Review the eligibility and documentation requirements for CT license by endorsement.
- Complete a CT DPH online application (expand the ‘Public Health Practitioners’ grouping, select ‘Licensed Practical Nurse’ and then ‘Start’).
- Request verification of your out-of-state license(s) electronically through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s Nursys® System. Note that PA and MI verifications are not provided through Nursys; please contact those state boards directly.
Requirements
- License or temporary permit to practice nursing in Connecticut by the State Board of Examiners for Nursing OR hold a Multistate or Compact Licensed Practical Nurse license.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a Skilled Nursing Facility
- Experience utilizing Department of Public Health and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations in a Long-Term Care Facility
- Experience working with Veteran population
- Experience working with dementia patients
- Experience documenting in electronic Health Record (eMAR)
- Experience deescalating and calming clients/patients
Special Requirements
Department of Developmental Services: Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Connecticut Motor Vehicle Operator's license, Public Passenger Endorsement, or Commercial Driver's license for designated positions.
Examples of Duties
- Assists doctors and nurses in the general care and treatment of individuals
- Measures doses and administers medications including insulin injections
- Documents medications using appropriate forms
- Performs narcotic counts
- Checks and may administer intravenous medications
- Reports changes in individuals to doctors
- Ensures that restraints are applied correctly
- Transcribes doctors medication orders
- Dispenses certain medications in doctor’s absence
- Applies topical medication
- Takes and charts temperatures, pulses, and respirations
- Performs simple nursing treatments
- Monitors general individual needs including personal hygiene
- Reports on individual conditions and behavior
- Keeps the unit safe and healthy
- Administers enemas or suppositories
- Performs Foley catheterization care
- Orients individuals concerning medications and their use
- May perform emergency first aid
- May drive individual to necessary appointments/outings
Knowledge, Skill, and Ability
- Knowledge of practical nursing specialties and bedside care
- Knowledge of various medications used in the care of individuals with physical disabilities and/or an intellectual disability
- Knowledge of infection control practices
- Knowledge of nutrition and diets
- Knowledge of medical and lab sciences
- Considerable interpersonal skills
- Oral and written communication skills
- Ability to keep records
- Ability to lead staff