About The Position
The Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse delivers nursing care to long-term-care residents by developing nursing diagnoses and care plans, setting care objectives, defining interventions, providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support, and reassessing care as residents’ conditions and needs change. The nurse helps residents and their families and friends understand medical conditions, medications, and self-care needs. The role includes coordinating care with physicians and other healthcare providers, communicating care plans to the healthcare team, and coordinating admissions, discharges, and transfers. The nurse also directs and coordinates the workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personnel, maintains a safe and healthy care environment, and ensures equipment and supplies are ready and maintained. This is a regular day-shift position at Avera Majestic Bluffs/Avera Sister James Care Center. The schedule is 6:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m., 48 hours every two weeks, including every third weekend and holiday. Pay is listed as $24.50–$48.50, with separate scales for LPNs ($24.50–$33.25) and RNs ($32.50–$48.00); actual pay depends on experience. The position may be eligible for a $15,000 sign-on bonus and Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which provides an extra monthly payment of $167 toward loan principal, up to $10,000 total.
Requirements
- For RN applicants: an active Registered Nurse license in the state of practice, required upon hire.
- For LPN applicants: an active Licensed Practical Nurse license in the state of practice.
- Ability to work the specified hours and schedule.
- Ability to perform essential job functions satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity and effective communication; ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and work effectively in a team environment.
- Compliance with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards, including CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA when applicable.
Nice To Haves
- 1–3 years of experience working in a clinical or long-term-care environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide resident care by reviewing physician prescriptions and communicating the nursing care plan and pertinent information to the healthcare team.
- Coordinate with other healthcare providers and confer with physicians.
- Provide physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, and friends.
- Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining residents, documenting physical and psychological status and social factors, and consulting with family and friends.
- Establish nursing diagnoses, care objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
- Teach residents, families, and friends about conditions, medications, self-care skills, and healthcare requirements; answer questions and provide information and resources.
- Evaluate resident care by applying therapeutic standards, measuring outcomes, reviewing records, noting changes, reassessing objectives, and modifying care plans.
- Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy resident care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements, and alerting others to potential concerns.
- Maintain resident-care equipment by following operating procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and arranging repairs.
- Keep resident-care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, ordering and expediting supplies, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
- Coordinate admissions, discharges, and transfers to and from the facility.
- Direct, plan, and coordinate the workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personnel.
- Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
- Follow Avera’s mission, vision, core values, social principles, CARE standards, confidentiality expectations, teamwork practices, and applicable safety requirements.
Benefits
- May be eligible for a $15,000 sign-on bonus.
- May be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, providing an extra monthly payment of $167 toward loan principal, up to $10,000 total.
- PTO available from day one for eligible hires.
- Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
- Career development through hands-on training and mentorship.
- A range of benefits for qualifying part-time and full-time employees, designed to support balanced, healthy lives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
