Job Description
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Join the Nursing team at Avera!
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Love Where You Work: Work at Avera where current employees rate their satisfaction at 94%. Join a team where the career opportunities are endless.
Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, free health insurance, and options for: Student Loan Repayment Program, sign-on bonuses, various shifts and career growth opportunities.
Avera is currently seeking Registered Nurses (RN) looking to deliver the best possible nursing care in Avera’s patient-focused settings.
Position Highlights:
- Student Loan Repayment: This RN position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.
- Positive Work Environment: Supportive and experienced staff working as a team to provide outstanding patient care.
- Avera offers excellent benefits including health, vision, dental, paid time off, generous retirement and competitive salary.
Job Summary:
- Actively uses the nursing process in goal-focused patient care, demonstrating accountability as an individual and team member.
- Documents the actions taken to address the plan of care
- Works closely with the care team to coordinate patient activities for complete patient continuum of care.
- Provides timely, continuous, age appropriate, collaborative assessment and preparation of patients and families for the next level of care. Provides and documents nursing care to patients of all ages.
Experience & Licensure/Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse in South Dakota.
- Basic Life Support, ACLS and TCAR (trauma care after resuscitation) certification within six months of employment.
- Previous experience in medical, surgical or pediatric nursing helpful.
- Demonstrates knowledge of special procedures including but not limited to arterial lines, mechanical ventilators, and administration of thrombolytic and pacemaker.
- Demonstrates knowledge of rhythm interpretation to assess cardiac needs of patient. Proficient in the use of ACLS algorithms.
Work Schedule
- 7:00am-7:30pm and 7:00pm-7:30am; 72 hours every 2 weeks
- Every third weekend
- Every third holiday
- Occasional call time
Pay
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
What Makes Avera Special?