Summary
This job involves creating and managing schedules for nursing staff at a veterans' home to ensure the right number of workers are available for shifts, including evenings, nights, and weekends.
It supports the nursing department by coordinating staffing needs and maintaining guidelines.
A good fit would be someone organized and detail-oriented with experience in clerical work, especially in healthcare settings, who can handle flexible hours and work well in a team.
Full Job Description
The Iowa Veterans Home is looking to fill a full time Scheduler position, working 40-hour per week, to assist with Nursing Department Scheduling and Shift Staffing.
Duties include scheduling, coordinating and facilitating staffing guidelines for nursing employees. This position will have primary responsibility for creating and mainting nursing employee schedules for the Malloy building, ensuring staffing numbers are reached in advance, supporting evening shift staffing, and completing night shift staffing 2 days a week, every other weekend and rotating holidays. Hours must be worked in house, with the exception of night shift staffing that can be completed from home.
This position will work 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 5 days a week and every other weekend, with adjustments made the evenings they are completing night shift staffing (primarly 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.). They will work with the department to ensure a Scheduler is in-house 7 days a week.
Hours can be flexible; willing to discuss and agree upon hours with the right candidate.
What we offer as a full time Iowa Veterans Home employee:
- Team oriented, positive work environment
- Opportunity for professional growth and development
- Paid time off (sick leave and vacation) plus nine paid holidays per year
- Medical and Dental Insurance Benefits:
Monthly optional Medical Insurance Premium (Iowa Choice*) for 2026:
Single: $64/mo = employee share; $836/mo = state share
Family: $210/mo = employee share; $1,896/mo = state share
* National Choice option also available
Monthly optional Dental Insurance Premium for 2026:
Single: Free
Family: $46
- Optional flexible spending accounts for health and dental expenses, and dependent care
- $20,000 basic life insurance at no cost
- Exceptional retirement package: IPERS (Iowa Public Employee Retirement System)
- Optional 401(a) Plan with employee contribution: The State makes match contributions into the employee’s selection of investments in a 401(a) employer match account. The match is $1 for every $1 contributed up to a $75 monthly maximum.
- Lactation rooms throughout our campus
- Wellness Program: Onsite fitness center available to staff 24/7 for only $36 per year
**All applicants are subject to a Criminal Background Check Dependent Adult Abuse and Child Abuse Check.
E-Verify and Right to Work
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.
Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States.
The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.
For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.
Qualifications
The equivalent of two years of full-time clerical work experience involving the use of medical terminology;
OR
employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes the equivalent of one year of full-time work experience as a Resident Treatment Worker, Pharmacy Assistant or a position providing nursing care or clerical work in a state institution providing medical services shall be considered qualified.
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