Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Long Term Care

Avera Health; Yankton (SD); On-site; USD 33,751 - 66,813; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Team-oriented work environment

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Yankton, South Dakota, is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse to provide compassionate and comprehensive patient care. This role requires an active RN license for the state, as well as the ability to work night shifts. Responsibilities include coordinating with healthcare teams, delivering nursing care, educating residents, and ensuring a safe environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in clinical settings and a commitment to the values of compassion and teamwork. Competitive pay ranges from $24.50 to $48.50 an hour.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in the state of practice
• Ability to work specified night shift hours
• Visual acuity and communication skills adequate for job duties

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care through established plans and diagnoses
• Coordinate with the healthcare team and evaluate patient care
• Educate residents and family about care and medications
• Maintain a safe care environment by adhering to health policies

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Nursing diagnosis expertise

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) license

1–3 years clinical experience

Job description

Worker Type: Regular

Location: Avera Majestic Bluffs/Avera Sister James Care Center

Work Shift: Night Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range: $24.50 - $48.50

Position Highlights

LPN Requirements: an active LPN license in the state of practice

Hours: 6:00 pm–6:30 am, e/3rd wknd/hol; 36 hrs/2 wks

LPN pay scale: $24.00 – $28.63 – $33.25

RN pay scale: $32.00 – $40.00 – $48.00

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.

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 residents, families, and friends to understand residents conditions, medications, and self‑care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re‑evaluating care objectives.

What you will do

• Provides resident 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 residents, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining residents; documenting residents 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 resident care goals; instructing resident, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self‑care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
• Evaluates resident's care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against resident care standards; reviewing resident's records; noting changing conditions and needs; re‑evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy resident 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.
• Keeps resident care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Keeps resident care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
• Coordinates admissions, discharges and transfers to and from the facility.
• Directs, plans and coordinates workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personal.
• 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 effectively 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.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience

• Registered Nurse (RN) – Board of Nursing, an active license in the state of practice Upon Hire

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience

• 1–3 years experience working in a clinical or long‑term care environment

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Acknowledgement

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1‑605‑504‑4444 or send an email to [e-mail].