Orange County sets June 17 nursing job fair at Valley View Center

Orange County is moving quickly to fill nursing openings at Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation, a county-run Goshen facility where every empty shift can ripple through patient care, weekend coverage and daily operations. The county set an LPN and RN job fair for June 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2 Glenmere Cove Road, with on-site interviews and the possibility that qualified candidates could be hired immediately.

The hiring push points to the pressure facing long-term care staffing in Orange County, where full-time and per-diem jobs are available across all shifts and weekend schedules. That mix suggests the county is looking for nurses who can keep a 24-hour operation stable, not just patch a single vacancy. For families with relatives at Valley View, the stakes are direct: fewer open posts can mean fewer overtime stretches, more consistent care and less strain on the nurses already working the floor.

Orange County is also using the fair to attract both experienced nurses and newer graduates. The county says it is offering tuition reimbursement for new BOCES LPN graduates, a sign-on bonus, New York State retirement benefits and a supportive work environment. Valley View is also promoted as a 4-star staffing facility, even as county disclosure materials list its overall CMS rating at 2 stars, a reminder that staffing strength and broader quality measures do not always move together.

Valley View itself is one of the county’s largest health care operations. County materials describe it as a 360-bed skilled nursing facility in Goshen that provides 24-hour nursing care, with 300 beds for long-term care and 120 beds on a secure dementia and Alzheimer’s floor. Orange County says the center also offers sub-acute rehabilitation, short-term respite care and long-term care, and that its rehab unit includes a modern 14,000-square-foot therapy gym with state-of-the-art treatment modalities and private rooms.

The June 17 event is not an isolated recruitment step. Orange County previously announced a similar Valley View LPN and RN job fair for February 4, signaling a continuing effort to stabilize staffing at the facility. County leaders, including Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus, have framed Valley View as a major public-service employer, and the county says the center has the largest and most experienced staff in the area. For Orange County, the job fair is both a hiring event and a measure of how hard it is to keep elder care staffed in a system that serves some of the region’s most vulnerable residents.