Registered Nurse (RN) | Long Term Care
Location: Avera Oahe Manor
About the role
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
Delivers nursing care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, and friends to understand residents conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.
Responsibilities
- Provides resident 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 residents, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
- Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining residents; documenting residents 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 resident care goals; instructing resident, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
- Evaluates resident's care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against resident care standards; reviewing resident's records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
- Maintains safe, secure, and healthy resident 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.
- Keeps resident care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
- Keeps resident care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
- Coordinates admissions, discharges and transfers to and from the facility.
- Directs, plans and coordinates workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personal.
- Maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing with an active license in the state of practice (upon hire).
- Ability to work the specified hours: 6:00am-6:30pm, 6:00pm-6:30am; 48 hours per 2 weeks.
- Visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
- Commitment to Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles.
- Compliance with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA.
Qualifications
- Preferred: 1-3 years experience working in a clinical or long-term care environment.
Benefits
- PTO available from day one for eligible hires.
- Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
- Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship.
Pay
The pay range for this position is $32.50 - $48.50 per hour, dependent upon experience.
May be eligible for up to $15,000 sign-on bonus and $2,500 relocation bonus.
Schedule
Rotating shifts including days, evenings, nights, and weekends.
48 hours per 2 weeks.