Registered Nurse (RN) Float | ICU

Avera Health; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $15,000

Student loan repayment program

Job summary

Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD is seeking a compassionate Registered Nurse to deliver high-quality nursing care on a rotating day/night schedule. You will assess patients, coordinate with the care team, and support families while adhering to safety and infection-control standards.

The role requires flexible hours (7pm-7am and 7am-7pm, 72 hours per two weeks, every 3rd weekend/holiday) and may include a $15,000 sign-on incentive and access to student loan repayment programs.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work the hours specified.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and the health care team.
• Commitment to infection-control policies and safe patient care procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions and communicating the care plan to the health care team.
• Develops nursing care plans by assessing patients and documenting condition and needs.
• Teaches patients and families about healthcare requirements and self-care skills.
• Evaluates patient care by adhering to standards and adjusting plans as needed.
• Maintains a safe patient care environment and adheres to policies and regulations.
• Documents patient care services in records.
• Keeps equipment and supplies ready and maintained.
• Performs with minimal supervision and collaborates across departments.

Skills

Nursing care

Patient assessment

Communication

Team collaboration

Job description

Location:

Avera Sacred Heart Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$34.50 - $51.50

Position Highlights

Hours

7pm-7am & 7am-7pm; 72hrs/2wks; Every 3rd weekend/holiday

May be eligible for up to $15,000 sign on bonus!

Student Loan Repayment:

This position may be eligible forAvera’sStudent Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) fromAverawill help pay down your principal balance faster.

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Delivers Nursing Care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

What you will do

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
• Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
• Performs with minimal supervision. Demonstrates knowledge of several departments. Utilizes safe and appropriate patient care protocol as set forth in the standards of practice and the unit/department policy and procedures. Maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effective with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.