New MSN Degree

What type of job interests you? Are you interested in teaching for a school of nursing? Staff development? what?

I've never had much luck with recruiters helping me with my search ... but it wouldn't hurt to talk with one. If you are limited in your ability to move to another region, then the odds of them working for a facility in your current region who have jobs that would suit you are slim.

However, it might be helpful for you to contact the in-house recruiters of local facilities that do the kind of work that interests you. Let them know you are available and looking. They might have some suggestions for you ... or they might not of some possibilities for jobs that are being discussed at their facilities but that are not yet posted.

I assume you are regularly scanning the job postings of possible employers in your area. And being an active member of any local chapters of relevant nursing groups might help, too. In other words -- network.

How about talking to your place of employment and telling them about your new qualifications. I have very remote experience in long term care but from my recollection, these are typically corporate-run and are part of a larger chain of facilities. Typically, there is a nursing expert that oversees some of the system-wide operations in a role that would be called a CNO in hospitals. I would talk to that person or the DON? Have you done some leadership roles in the facility? That would also be a start.

I know you may feel overqualified (as nursing homes are typically staffed by RN's and LVN's even in leadership roles) but I felt that when I worked in such setting, there was a need for an expert who can apply evidence-based practice to change protocols and do some teaching to the staff at a level higher than nursing basics. There was pressure to meet state standards and annual inspections were a big deal and this could be something you could work on. You would have to be more creative with how you can present this.