Registered Nurse (RN) | Short Stay Unit (PRN)

Avera•Sioux Falls, SD

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses and care plans, establishing care objectives, defining interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families. The RN monitors patients’ changing conditions and needs, evaluates outcomes, and revises care objectives and plans as appropriate. The position is based in the Short Stay Unit at Avera McKennan Hospital and is PRN, with rotating shifts that may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. The RN coordinates care with physicians and other healthcare providers, teaches patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care, and documents care in patient and department records. The position also involves maintaining a safe care environment, ensuring patient-care equipment and supplies are ready and functioning, and maintaining competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership. The individual must be able to perform the essential job functions, including the communication and visual-acuity requirements described in the posting; reasonable accommodations may be made where they do not cause undue hardship.

Requirements

Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice, required upon hire.
Ability to work the hours specified for the position.
Ability to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
Commitment to Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles; promote compassion, hospitality, and stewardship; and uphold CARE standards.

Nice To Haves

1–3 years of experience working in a clinical environment.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating the nursing care plan and pertinent information to the healthcare team, coordinating with providers, supporting patients and families, and conferring with physicians.
Develop nursing care plans using medical histories, patient examinations, documentation of physical and psychological condition and social factors, and input from family and friends.
Establish nursing diagnoses, care objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
Teach patients and families about care goals, conditions, medications, and self-care skills; answer questions and provide information and resources.
Evaluate care by measuring outcomes against standards, reviewing records, monitoring changing conditions and needs, and revising care objectives and plans.
Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy patient-care environment by following infection-control, medication, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements and alerting others to potential concerns.
Document patient-care services in patient and department records.
Keep patient-care equipment operating by following procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
Keep patient-care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
Maintain confidentiality and work effectively with team members to coordinate workflow and support a productive and efficient environment.
Comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards, including those associated with CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA.