Registered Nurse (RN) | Long Term Care

Location: Avera Majestic Bluffs / Avera Sister James Care Center • Day Shift • 72 hours every 2 weeks

Position Highlights

• Schedule: 6:00 AM – 6:30 PM, every 3rd weekend and holiday
• May be eligible for a $30,000 sign-on bonus with a 3-year commitment
• Student Loan Repayment: Up to $10,000 through Avera’s program ($167 monthly extra payment toward principal)

About the Role

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 help them understand residents’ conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide 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.
• Develop 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.
• Teach healthcare requirements by establishing resident care goals; instructing residents, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
• Evaluate resident’s care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against resident care standards; reviewing residents’ records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
• Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy resident care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; following organization standards and legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
• Maintain resident care equipment by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Keep resident care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
• Coordinate admissions, discharges, and transfers to and from the facility.
• Direct, plan, and coordinate workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personnel.
• Maintain competence in nursing capabilities as outlined by leadership.

Requirements

• Must be able to work the specified hours.
• Visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, provided the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Qualifications

• Required:
  • Registered Nurse (RN) with an active license in the state of practice (upon hire).
• Preferred:
  • 1–3 years of experience working in a clinical or long-term care environment.

Expectations

• Commitment to Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles in daily work.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s CARE standards (Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, Engagement).
• Maintain confidentiality and work effectively in a team environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards (e.g., CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, OSHA).

Pay

$32.50 – $48.50 per hour (actual pay rate dependent upon experience).

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO) available from day one for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development through hands-on training and mentorship.