Registered Nurse (RN) | Med Surg

Location: Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. Worker Type: Regular.

About the role

You belong at Avera – 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 patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self‑care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re‑evaluating care objectives.

Responsibilities

• 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 a 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.

Requirements

• Ability to work the hours specified.
• Visual acuity adequate to perform position duties.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others; hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.
• Registered Nurse (RN) – Board of Nursing; active license in the state of practice upon hire.

Qualifications

• 1‑3 years of experience working in a clinical environment (preferred).

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.
• May be eligible for up to $7,500 sign‑on bonus.
• Student Loan Repayment Program: extra payment of $167 per month (up to $10,000) to help pay down principal balance faster.

Pay

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