Registered Nurse (RN) | Pre-Post Operative

Avera • Yankton, SD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses, establishing care objectives, defining interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families. The nurse monitors changing conditions and needs and reevaluates care objectives. This position is based at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital and works primarily days, with rotating night, weekend, and holiday on-call involvement. Shifts vary and are eight hours; the schedule is three shifts per week, totaling 48 hours every two weeks.

The role includes assessing patients, developing and adjusting care plans, educating patients and families, coordinating care with physicians and other healthcare providers, and documenting services. The nurse also helps maintain a safe care environment, operational equipment, and adequate supplies, and maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.

The position requires an active Registered Nurse license in the state of practice. One to three years of clinical-environment experience is preferred. Avera notes that this position may qualify for its Student Loan Repayment Program, which provides an additional monthly payment of $167 toward loan principal, up to $10,000. Benefits for qualifying employees include PTO available on day one for eligible hires, up to a 5% employer retirement match, and career development through hands-on training and mentorship.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice, required upon hire.
• Ability to work the specified hours.
• Ability to perform essential job functions, including adequate visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively and 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 its Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement standards.
• Maintain confidentiality and work effectively in a team environment.
• Comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards, including those associated with CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA when applicable.

Nice To Haves

• One to three years of experience working in a clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating the nursing care plan, coordinating with healthcare providers, supporting patients and families, and conferring with physicians.
• Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical and psychological status and social factors, developing nursing diagnoses, and setting care objectives and interventions.
• Teach patients and their families about care goals, health conditions, medications, and self-care skills; answer questions and provide information and resources.
• Evaluate patient care against therapeutic standards and outcomes, review records, note changing conditions and needs, and modify care plans as appropriate.
• 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.
• Maintain patient care equipment by following operating procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
• Maintain patient care supplies by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipts, and stocking items.
• Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinate workflow, maintain confidentiality, and comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards.

Benefits

• Potential eligibility for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program: an additional monthly payment of $167 toward loan principal, up to $10,000.
• PTO available on day one for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development through hands-on training and mentorship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed