Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $27.25 - $40.75
Work Schedule
Day Shifts
Fixed Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Employee assistance program
Continuing education support
flexible scheduling
Job Description
Avera Behavioral Health Center-Sioux Falls is a leading healthcare establishment dedicated to providing comprehensive behavioral health services within a compassionate and multidisciplinary framework. Located in Sioux Falls, the center is committed to moving health forward, emphasizing holistic care that integrates physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support for patients, their families, and friends. The center operates with a mission focused on compassion, hospitality, and stewardship, creating an environment where patients and employees alike matter deeply. As part of Avera’s network, it upholds high standards of healthcare excellence supported by the latest therapeutic protocols and a supportive work culture.
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Job Requirements
- Registered Nurse (RN) with active license in the state of practice upon hire
- Ability to perform essential job functions satisfactorily including adequate visual acuity and effective communication skills
- Must be able to work scheduled hours Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Ability to provide physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends
- Commitment to legal regulations and healthcare standards adherence
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Must comply with safety and infection control policies
- Capability to work with a multidisciplinary healthcare team
- Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities without causing undue hardship to employer.
Job Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure active in the state of practice
- 1-3 years experience working in a clinical environment preferred
- Ability to perform essential job functions satisfactorily including visual acuity and effective communication skills
- Commitment to Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Knowledge of safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards such as CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA
- Upholds confidentiality and promotes compassionate care
- Enthusiasm for maintaining Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE).
Job Duties
- 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
- Maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
Job Qualifications
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
Job Location
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