Registered Nurse (RN) | Behavioral Health Child Unit

Position Highlights

• Schedule: Evenings and Nights with rotating Weekends and Holidays
• This RN position may be eligible for a Sign On Bonus up to $15,000
• Nurses with 3+ years of experience – Every 3rd weekend, Every other holiday
• Nurses with < 3 yrs – Every other weekend, Every other holiday
• Self-Scheduling program

About the Unit

The Avera Behavioral Health Adolescent & Child Units are designed to be a structured and age-appropriate therapeutic environment for adolescents and children to learn to understand problems, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals.

Unit Highlights:

• Cross Trained to work in the Adolescent Program and Child Program
• Adolescent program is a 40 bed unit
• Child program is a 14 bed unit
• Opportunity to meet 70+ coworkers
• Opportunity to change lives of both Adolescents and Children

What You Will Do

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
• Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
• Maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.

Qualifications

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Registered Nurse (RN) – Board of Nursing – An active license in the state of practice – Upon Hire

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• 1-3 years Experience working in a clinical environment

Ideal Candidate

You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are a Nurse that:

• Enjoys working with children ages 5 to 12 years old and adolescent ages 13 to 17 years old as well as their families.
• Has a passion helping patients with conditions such as Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Addiction or Suicidal behavior.
• Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking.
• Values autonomous professional nursing practice.
• Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment.

Benefits

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship