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Overview

The starting pay rate may be negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

The Vermont Veterans\' Home (VVH) in Bennington, VT is currently seeking to hire part-time (temporary/per-diem) Licensed Practical Nurses to join our team. These are temporary positions working approximately 24 hours per week. The hours may include working some weekend shifts. Shift differentials apply to evening and night shifts. The shift hours are as follows:

• Days, 6am to 2:30pm
• Evenings, 2pm to 10:30pm
• Nights, 10pm to 6:30am

We have a great team at VVH with providers available on-site Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm and by phone other times and holidays. We have a wound care nurse, and we provide great care to our veterans, spouses and Gold Star parents.For more information about the Vermont Veterans\' Home, pleasevisit this site{target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.

Environmental Factors

Duties are performed in a long-term care and residential care setting. Incumbents may be assigned to any area of the facility and to any shift. Requires standing for long periods of time, walking for extended periods and distances, sitting, repetitive movements, bending, twisting, stretching, lifting, pushing, and pulling. Duties require regular and direct interaction with residents with varying degrees of physical and mental illness, dementia, infectious diseases, severe physical and mental limitations, and residents who may display unpredictable verbal, physical, or aggressive behaviors.