Supervisor-Onboarding

Sioux Center Health; Yankton (SD); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from day 1

Employer retirement matching (up to 5%

Career development and mentorship

Job summary

Avera is seeking an onboarding and scheduling specialist in Yankton to support daily nursing operations. You will manage recruitment, new hire orientation, and end-to-end onboarding for RN, LPN, and CNA staff to ensure smooth starts and compliant certifications.

The role requires strong communication, teamwork, and data awareness, with responsibilities including planning shifts, maintaining onboarding checklists, and collaborating with leaders.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; CNA certification within 1 year.
• Healthcare or office experience preferred.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end onboarding for new hires, including orientation and scheduling.
• Coordinate daily nursing team scheduling and coverage.
• Maintain policies and checklists for onboarding across job roles (RN/LPN/CNA).
• Support recruitment activities and track open positions and turnover data.

Skills

Recruitment coordination

Onboarding

Scheduling

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

Job description

Location:

Avera Majestic Bluffs/Avera Sister James Care Center

Worker Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

Typically hours will be 8:00am-5:00pm | Occasional Weekends

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

Responsible for the daily operations to include recruitment and retention activities with employees. Will assist in planning, assigning, and directing work in the department. Perform new hire check-ins including pre and post orientation, complete orientation with new nursing team members. Complete daily and weekly scheduling for nursing team.

What You Will Do

• Ensures timely and continued contact with applicants, new hires, leadership and human resources through entire hiring and on-boarding process through the first six months, including start dates and 1st day instructions.
• Welcomes newly hired employees and executes the engagement plan throughout the onboarding journey, managing the end-to-end onboarding process ensuring a great experience for new employees and a smooth start into their roles, while coordinating with leadership the orientation process expectations, ensuring timely scheduling and completion of employee orientation, including the timeliness of certification for new nurse aides.
• Aligning new employees with trainers, managers and their teams and communicating involvement procedures to all stakeholders.
• Updates and manages internal policies, procedures and job specific checklists specific to onboarding and orientation for each specific job role in the department to include RN, LPN, and CNA.
• Identifies performance concerns and relays to the Assistant Director of Nursing for necessary follow-up.
• Collaborates with the leadership team to develop, coordinate and validate staff competencies and education, including annual education requirements necessary for compliance of CMS regulations.
• Maintains current knowledge and statistical data in relation to open positions, job specifications, job duties, qualifications and skills, position control for nursing, attendance tracking, turnover and retention, and other data analysis for the facility.
• Coordinates preceptorship programs, internships and other student programs within the facility.
• Assists with day to day CNA activities such as dining assistance and transportation assist,
• Assist new employees in finding local resources needed to help employees be successful in their new role.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

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

• High School or GED Equivalent
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - South Dakota Department of Health within 1 Year

Preferred Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Associate's
• 1-3 years Healthcare or office experience

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.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

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].