RN or LPN
Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Eligibility
- Skilled Nursing FacilityLong-term Care
Posted Jul 22 · New grads welcomed
- Unit and setting
- Skilled Nursing
- License
- RN licenseLicensed RN/LPN in the state of practice (or compact state), required.
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- Licensed RN/LPN in the state of practice (or compact state), required. Check your license
- Certification
- Current BLS/CPR certification (All SNFs; ALFs as required by state).
Preferred
- Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
The role and schedule
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
The workplace
You would step into a 119-bed skilled nursing facility on University Boulevard NE in Albuquerque, a Medicare- and Medicaid-participating home with a resident council and no hospital or CCRC attachment. The work is long-term and skilled nursing care: total nurse…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
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Benefits Available for Full-Time Employees
Job Type: Full-Time
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid-Time Off
Come for the job but stay for the challenge. If you are compassionate and genuinely care about providing outstanding resident care then we invite you to consider us as your new employer. We appreciate our nurses and we welcome multi-state license and new graduates. Come apply today! LPN's are welcome too! Come walk in at 1509 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA or call (505) 243-2257 for on-the-spot interviews!
Job Responsibilities
- Ensures delivery of high-quality, positive clinical outcomes, and resident/family satisfaction during supervisory shift.
- Serves as a resource to all staff within the facility regarding the quality of services provided.
- Provide direct resident care when required; Demonstrates the ability to administer medications and treatment timely and according to facility policy; Demonstrates ability to receive, transcribe, and carry out physician orders, if allowed by Nurse Practice Act.
- Effectively manages nursing personnel on shift to limit use of overtime and agency personnel.
- Assesses the work performance of nursing staff as it relates to unit standards of care and goals.
- Conducts regular staff meetings on each shift and provides updates to DON.
Job Qualifications
- Licensed RN/LPN in the state of practice (or compact state), required.
- Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred.
- Current BLS/CPR certification (All SNFs; ALFs as required by state).
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What's around it?
Albuquerque, NMFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 5% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,145/mo
- Household income
- $68,317/yr, all local households, not nurse pay