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Avera

Midwest regional health system delivering care

Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health Unit

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAberdeen, SD, USA$33.50 - $48In-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • An active Registered Nurse license in the state of practice is required upon hire.
  • The individual must be able to work the specified hours and perform the essential job functions satisfactorily, including having adequate visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
  • The individual must maintain confidentiality.
  • The individual must work effectively in a team environment, coordinate workflow with other team members, and help ensure a productive and efficient environment.
  • The individual must comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards, including those associated with CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA.
  • The individual must uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE).

Responsibilities

  • Deliver nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses, establishing care objectives, defining nursing interventions, providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support, helping patients and families understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills, noting changing conditions and needs, and reevaluating care objectives.
  • Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating the nursing care plan and pertinent information to the healthcare team, coordinating with other healthcare providers, supporting patients and families, and conferring with physicians.
  • Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical condition, psychological status, and relevant social factors, conferring with family and friends, developing nursing diagnoses, and establishing care objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
  • Teach healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals, instructing patients and their families about conditions, medications, and self-care skills, answering questions, and providing information and resources.
  • Evaluate patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against care standards, reviewing patient records, noting changing conditions and needs, reevaluating care objectives, and modifying nursing care plans.
  • Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by following infection-control policies, medication administration and storage procedures, controlled substance regulations, organizational standards, and legal regulations, and by alerting others to potential concerns.
  • Document patient care services in patient and department records.
  • Keep patient care equipment operating by following instructions and procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
  • Keep patient care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
  • Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
  • Apply Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles in daily service to patients, families, and the community.
  • Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.

Desired Qualifications

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

About the Company

Avera

Midwest regional health system delivering care

Avera Health provides integrated health care across hospitals, clinics, and support services in multiple states. Care is delivered by an interconnected network where teams coordinate prevention, treatment, and recovery for patients and communities. It combines a large multi-state network with faith-based values and a strong emphasis on non-clinical support to organize care across locations. The goal is to improve health and wellness by expanding access to quality, coordinated care and moving health forward.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$10.5M
Headquarters
Sioux Falls, SD
Founded
1897

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