Registered Nurse (RN) | Outpatient/Oncology

Avera • Aberdeen, SD

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers nursing care by assessing and documenting patient conditions, developing nursing diagnoses and care plans, establishing care objectives and interventions, and evaluating and modifying care as patient needs change. The RN provides physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families and helps them understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills. The position coordinates care with physicians and other healthcare providers, maintains a safe patient-care environment, documents services, and helps keep equipment and supplies ready for use.

This is a full-time, day-shift position at Avera Oncology & Hematology in Aberdeen, with a schedule of Monday through Friday, 72 hours per two weeks. The pay range is $31.00–$46.25 per hour, depending on experience. Eligible Registered Nurses may receive a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000. Avera also notes possible eligibility for its student loan repayment program, which contributes $167 per month toward loan principal, up to $10,000.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice, required upon hire.
• ONS Fundamentals Provider Card or ONS Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Provider Card required within 60 days. If the ONS Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Provider Card is not held, it is required upon expiration of the ONS Fundamentals Provider Card or within two years of hire, whichever is later.
• Ability to work the specified hours.
• Visual acuity adequate to perform position duties.
• Ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
• Ability to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily; reasonable accommodations may be made where they do not cause undue hardship.
• Commitment to applying Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles; promote compassion, hospitality, and stewardship; and uphold Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) standards.

Nice To Haves

• Previous oncology experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions and communicating the nursing care plan and relevant information to the healthcare team.
• Coordinate care with other healthcare providers and confer with physicians.
• Provide physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends.
• Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical and psychological status and relevant social factors, developing nursing diagnoses, and setting objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teach patients and their families about care goals, conditions, medications, and self-care skills; answer questions and provide information and resources.
• Evaluate patient care and outcomes against therapeutic standards, review patient records, identify changing conditions or needs, and revise care objectives and plans.
• Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy care environment by following infection-control, medication handling, 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 preventative maintenance, and arranging repairs.
• Keep patient-care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, ordering and expediting supplies, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
• Maintain confidentiality and work effectively with team members to coordinate workflow and support a productive environment.
• Comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards, including those associated with CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus eligibility of up to $10,000 for Registered Nurses.
• Possible eligibility for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, with a $167 monthly contribution toward loan principal up to $10,000.
• PTO available from day one for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development through hands-on training and mentorship.
• Support for balanced, healthy lives through benefits for qualifying part-time and full-time employees.

What This Job Offers

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