Location:

Avera Marshall Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

• Career Growth: At Avera Marshall Morningside Heights Care Center, our team works together as a family to promote daily health social needs for those in our care
• Job Satisfaction: Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct resident care
• New Grads welcome to apply!

Work Schedule

• 7:00am-3:30pm; 24hours/2 weeks (0.3 FTE)
• Every fourth weekend
• Holiday rotation

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

• $39.81 - $61.80 per hour

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 OverviewThe Registered Nurse in Long Term Care is accountable for providing each resident with professional nursing care, assessment and evaluations and for the management of nursing activities performed by neighborhood staff, ensuring that the highest degree of quality of care is maintained at all times.What you will do

• Complies with all pharmaceutical policies and procedures, ensures that all medications/treatments are given safely and accurately in accordance with the physicians orders.
• Completes assessments on residents, makes appropriate interventions, applies knowledge, prioritizes resident care, uses nursing process (assess, plan, implement, evaluate).
• Participates in the care planning process and assures that resident care is implemented consistently and appropriate to the age of those served. Initiates and updates plan of care as appropriate.
• Complies with standards of professional documentation.
• Communicates and manages the delivery of resident care, ensures quality care is provided.
• Facilitates conflict management while respecting diversity of people, their strengths and ideas.
• Guides neighborhood staff in meeting the needs of the residents, practicing routines based on residents needs.
• Participates in physician rounds, communicates changes in resident condition to physician utilizes SBAR communication tool.
• Processes and transcribes physicians orders and implements according to facility policy.
• Functions within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act, utilizing recognized standards of clinical practice, as defined by the State of MN.
• Identifies staff performance issues and provides feedback through coaching, counseling, and conflict resolution and reports concerns to supervisor in a timely manner.
• Complies and enforces facilities staffing policies.
• Assists with data collection for quality functions, assists with performance improvement activities.
• Seeks educational opportunities, shares knowledge with others, assists with orientation of new staff.
• Demonstrates appropriate decision making skills.
• Maintains competency with operational equipment
• Investigates incidents, patient/family complaints and makes immediate report to VP of Resident Care or Administrator on-call.
• Administers medications according to facility policy, competent in Pyxis medication administration system.
• Assists in discharge planning and education.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Essential QualificationsThe 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:

• Associates Graduate from an accredited school or program or
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelors Graduate from an accredited school or program
• 1-3 years Long Term Care

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Averas values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Averas 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.

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 talent@avera.org.