Registered Nurse (RN) FLOAT | Med Surg

Avera • Yankton, SD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Float in Med Surg 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 RN assesses changing patient conditions and needs, evaluates outcomes, and revises care objectives and plans as appropriate. This role floats across several departments, performs with minimal supervision, and follows safe patient-care protocols and applicable standards, policies, and procedures.

The position is based at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. Scheduled hours include 7 a.m.–7 p.m. and 7 p.m.–7 a.m., totaling 72 hours every two weeks, with rotating days, evenings, nights, and weekends. The position works every third weekend and holiday. The listed pay range is $34.50–$51.50; actual pay depends on experience. The role may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $15,000 and Avera’s student loan repayment program, which provides an extra monthly payment of $167 toward loan principal, up to $10,000.

Applicants must hold an active RN license in the state of practice upon hire. One to three years of clinical-environment experience is preferred. The RN must be able to perform the essential job functions, including communicating effectively and having adequate visual acuity and hearing to perform job duties. Reasonable accommodations may be available when they do not cause undue hardship.

Avera describes its workplace as a multidisciplinary team focused on compassionate care. Employees are expected to apply Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles; demonstrate compassion, hospitality, and stewardship; uphold Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) standards; maintain confidentiality; collaborate effectively; and comply with applicable safety laws, regulations, and standards.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice upon hire.
• Ability to work the specified hours.
• Ability to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively and hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
• Commitment to confidentiality, effective teamwork, and applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating care plans and pertinent information to the healthcare team, coordinating with other 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, consulting with families, establishing nursing diagnoses and objectives, and defining interventions and schedules.
• Teach patients and their families about care goals, conditions, medications, and self-care skills; answer questions and provide information and resources.
• Evaluate patient care against therapeutic standards and outcomes, review records, identify changing conditions and needs, and revise 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.
• Maintain patient-care equipment by following operating procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and arranging repairs.
• Maintain patient-care supplies by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
• Work with minimal supervision and demonstrate knowledge of several departments.
• Use safe and appropriate patient-care protocols in accordance with practice standards and unit or department policies and procedures.
• Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
• Apply Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles; uphold CARE standards; maintain confidentiality; work effectively with team members; and comply with applicable safety requirements.

Benefits

• May be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $15,000.
• May be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, including an extra monthly payment of $167 toward principal, up to $10,000.
• PTO available on day one for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development supported by hands-on training and mentorship.

What This Job Offers

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