Registered Nurse
WILMORE, KYFull-time$28.92–33.23/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Registered Nurse cares for residents at the Thomson-Hood Veterans Center, a skilled nursing facility serving Kentucky veterans. The role performs nursing duties under physician direction, provides prescribed treatments and medications, collects assessment data, and supervises clinical staff. The ideal candidate works in a team-centered environment and demonstrates interpersonal skills, professionalism, adaptability, self-direction, and compassion.
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11/7/2026 (11:59 PM ET)
req82277
Registered Nurse
Pay Grade14
Salary
$28.92 - $33.23 Hourly
Locality Premium - $7.08 per hour
Employment Type
EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK
Click here for more details on state employment. (https://personnel.ky.gov/Pages/Careers.aspx)
Hiring Agency
General Government Cabinet | Department of Veterans Affairs
Location
100 Veterans Drive
Wilmore, KY 40390 USA
Description
The Thomson-Hood Veterans Center is a skilled nursing facility that cares for the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Veterans. Our mission is to Serve Kentucky’s Veterans by fostering independence, preserving dignity and providing compassionate care.
The Registered Nurse (RN) position is responsible for caring for the residents of the Thomson-Hood Veterans Center.
Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
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Performs nursing duties under direction of a physician.
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Performs medical treatments and administers medications as prescribed.
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Collects assessment data and cares for our veterans within the scope of the RN clinical skills.
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Supervises other clinical staff in administering care to the residents and documents essential information.
Skills and abilities include, but are not limited to:
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Strong interpersonal skills
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Professionalism
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Adaptability and flexibility
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Self-starter
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Compassionate
The ideal candidate will work within a team-centered environment to meet our commitment to serve Kentucky’s Veterans by fostering independence, preserving dignity, and providing compassionate care.
This position, in org unit 102202406, in Jessamine County has an approved Locality Premium of $7.08 compliance with 101 KAR 2:034 Section 9(1).
Minimum Requirements
EDUCATION:See Special Requirements.
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS:NONE
Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE:NONE
Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION:NONE
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.):Must be licensed in Kentucky as a registered nurse or possess a valid work permit issued by the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52116
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53751
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/201/020/070/
https://kbn.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx
Must maintain any required licensure(s), certification(s), or other credentials for the length of employment in this job classification. Employing agency is responsible for ensuring employee possesses and maintains required licensure(s), certification(s) or other credentials.
Working Conditions
Work is typically performed in a hospital or institutional setting. May be exposed to hazards common in hospitals or institutional settings which requires the following of safety procedures.
Probationary Period
This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.
If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Cheryl Hoover [email protected] ([email protected] ?Subject=req82277 - Registered Nurse) or 859-858-1443.
An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D
How this job compares
Set against the 58,312 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$28.92–33.23/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr682 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr24,498 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $31.08/hr, is 329% above the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,481 open Registered Nurse jobs in Kentucky and 58,312 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Aya Healthcare, Inc.526 open
- Baptist Health277 open
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- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (28,519 postings).
- Education
- 4,397 of the 58,312 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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