Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Addiction Care Center
About The Position
The nurse delivers patient care at Avera Addiction Care Center by developing nursing diagnoses and care plans, setting care objectives, defining interventions, and reassessing care as patient conditions and needs change. The role provides physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families and friends, and helps them understand health conditions, medications, and self-care skills. The nurse coordinates care with physicians and other healthcare providers, communicates care plans to the healthcare team, documents services, and maintains a safe patient-care environment. The position also includes maintaining patient-care equipment and supplies and keeping nursing capabilities current as outlined by leadership. Work takes place on rotating days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice, required upon hire.
- Ability to perform the essential job functions, including adequate visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
- Ability to work the hours specified: rotating days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Commitment to Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles; promote compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
- Uphold Avera’s Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) standards and maintain confidentiality.
- Work effectively in a team environment and coordinate workflow with other team members.
- Comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards, including CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA.
Nice To Haves
- 1–3 years of experience working in a clinical environment.
Responsibilities
- Review physician prescriptions and coordinate patient care with physicians and other healthcare providers.
- Communicate the nursing care plan and pertinent information to other members of the healthcare team.
- Provide physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends.
- Obtain medical histories; examine patients; document physical condition, psychological status, and relevant social factors; and develop nursing diagnoses and care plans.
- Set patient-care objectives and define nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
- Teach patients, families, and friends about conditions, medications, self-care skills, and healthcare requirements; answer questions and provide information and resources.
- Evaluate patient care against therapeutic standards and health outcomes; review records, note changes in conditions or needs, and revise care objectives and plans.
- Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy patient-care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements; alert others to potential concerns.
- Document patient-care services in patient and department records.
- Maintain patient-care equipment by following operating procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and arranging repairs.
- Check and stock patient-care supplies, anticipate needs, place and expedite orders, and verify receipt.
- Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
- Meet the specified work hours and effectively communicate and work with others.
Benefits
- Position may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.
- PTO available from day one for eligible hires.
- Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
- Career development through hands-on training and mentorship.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
