Registered Nurse (RN) - Adolescent Unit - All 2023/May 2024 New Grads

Company: Avera Behavioral Health Center
Location: Dell Rapids
Posted on: September 19, 2023

Job Description:

All 2023/May 2024 New Grads are welcome to apply





Join the RN Nursing team at Avera!





Magnet Recognized: - Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center has received consecutive ANCC Magnet re-designations for meeting rigorous standards for nursing excellence and job satisfaction.

Culture: -Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: - Competitive pay, free health insurance, and options for: Student Loan Repayment Program, sign-on bonuses, various shifts and career growth opportunities.

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Avera is currently seeking Registered Nurses (RN) looking to deliver the best possible nursing care in Avera's Behavioral Health Adolescence Unit.

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If you are an experienced nurse, this could be an opportunity for you to become a part of a dynamic team in a Magnet hospital that produces great patient outcomes!

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Why is Behavioral Health Important?

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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.

If you are a nurse that---

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• 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.
  
  
  This is the role for YOU!!
  
  Position Highlights:
  
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  • Student Loan Repayment: This Registered Nurse (RN) position is eligible for -Avera's -Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from -Avera -will help pay down your principal balance faster.
    
  • Career Growth: You have the opportunity to go beyond licensure and employment requirements and become nationally certified.
    
  • The adolescent program is expanding to 40 units
    
  • Child unit is a 14 bed unit
    
  • Adolescent Residential is an 8 bed unit
    
  • Opportunity to meet 70+ coworkers
    
  • Opportunity to change lives of both Adolescent and Children
    
  • 1 RN for 7-8 patient ratio
    
  • Self-scheduling program
    
    
    Education and/or Experience
    
    
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    • Graduate from a CCNE or NLN accredited nursing program is strongly preferred.
      
    • Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
      
      
      Licensure/Certification/Registration
      
      
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      • Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of South Dakota and/or meeting the requirements of multi-state licensure required.
        
      • Certification in specialty preferred
        
      • Strongly encouraged to complete life-saving education specific to specialty area
        
      • Membership in a professional organization encouraged.
        
        
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        Work Schedule
        
        
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        • Hours:
          
          
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          • 7a-7:30p, 7p-7:30a; varied shifts between days, evenings, nights
            
          • Weekend and Holiday Rotation
            
            
            
            
            Pay
            
            The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. -
            
            
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            • $30.50 - $45.25 per hour
              
            • $3 SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL is available for hours worked between 7p and 7a, $2 on weekends, and $5 on weekend nights!!
              
              
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              What Makes Avera Special?
              
              Why Nursing at Avera?
              
              

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