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Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Behavioral Health Adolescent Unit
Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Behavioral Health Adolescent UnitAvera Health • Sioux Falls, SD, United States
Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Behavioral Health Adolescent Unit

Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Behavioral Health Adolescent Unit

Avera Health • Sioux Falls, SD, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
Job description

Location :

Avera Behavioral Health Center-Sioux Falls

Worker Type : Regular

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.

$24.00 - $48.00

Position Highlights

  • This position may be eligible for a sign on bonus of up to $15,000

Why is Behavioral Health important?

The   Avera Behavioral Health   Adolescent & Child Unit are designed   to be a structured and age-appropriate therapeutic environment for adolescents and children to learn to understand problems, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals.

You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are Nurse that :

  • Enjoys working with children ages 5 to 12 years old and adolescent ages 13 to 17 years old as well as their families.
  • Has a passion helping patients with conditions such as Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Depression or Suicidal behavior.
  • Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking.
  • Values autonomous professional nursing practice.
  • Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment.
  • Position Highlights :

  • Adolescent program is expanding to 40 unit
  • Child unit is a 14 bed unit
  • Adolescent Residential is a 8 bed unit
  • Opportunity to meet 70+ coworkers
  • Opportunity to change lives of both Adolescent and Children
  • 1 LPN for 7-8 patient ratio
  • Self-scheduling program
  • 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 accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

    Required Education, License / Certification, or Work Experience :

  • Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire
  • Preferred Education, License / Certification, or Work Experience :

  • 1-3 years Experience working in a clinical environment
  • 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.

    Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan

    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 talent@avera.org .

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