Registered Nurse; RN | Orthopedic Trauma Unit

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) | Orthopedic Trauma Unit
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* Location:

** Avera McKennan Hospital
** Worker Type:
** Regular
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* Work Shift:

** Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America)
** Pay Range:
*** The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.*$32.00 - $48.00
** Position Highlights
**** This position may be eligible for a Sign On Bonus up to $15,000!**
* ** Safe Patient Ratios:
** 1 nursing professional: 4-5 patients  +
** Zero tolerance for workplace violence, this team cares for YOU!**!!
* ** Positive Work Environment:
** Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.
* ** Career Growth:
** You have the opportunity to go beyond licensure and employment requirements  + Educational Simulation  + RN Committee Membership  + Professional Achievement Program  + Leadership Development
* ** New In-Unit Massage Chair for all Ortho staff!!!
**** If you are a nurse that….
*** Is looking for a teamwork focused environment, this is the perfect fit for YOU! Team members are very cohesive, and operate as one, collective team. Maria, Kelsey, and Stephanie, do an excellent job bringing their people together.
* ** leaders
* * and are ready to take action to best support you and your patients when needed. Kelsey and Stephanie (unit supervisors) even work 2-3 floor shifts per schedule – they are present, and well-equipped to be practicing nursing professionals alongside YOU.
** Then this is the role for YOU!!!
**** Work Schedule
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* Hours:

+ Registered Nurse - 7a-7:30p, 7p-7:30a (every 3rd weekend & holiday); varied shifts between days/nights  + $3 SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL is available for hours worked between 7p and 7a, $2 on weekends, and $5 on weekend nights!!!
** 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.
* 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…