Registered Nurse RN - New Grad

Location & Shift

Location:

Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type:
Regular

Work Shift:

(details not specified)

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate is dependent upon experience: $32.50 – $48.50.

Start Your Career Where You Belong — Begin your journey as a new graduate at Avera! This position is eligible for up to a $15,000 sign‑on bonus.

Turn your education into a meaningful career doing what you love. At Avera, we are seeking passionate and driven new graduates ready to grow, make a difference, and care deeply for others.

• Short Stay – 4 Main
• Brain & Spine (BSI) – 2 West
• Inpatient Rehabilitation (Rehab)
• Surgical Renal – 3 East
• Behavioral Health Unit Adult B
• Behavioral Health Unit Adult C
• Behavioral Health Unit Acute Adult
• Behavioral Health Units – Adolescent
• Behavioral Health Unit – Child

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.

Delivers nursing care by developing a nursing diagnosis, establishing nursing care objectives, defining nursing interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to help them understand patient conditions, medications, and self‑care skills. Notes changing conditions and needs, re‑evaluates care objectives.

• Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions and communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the healthcare team.
• Coordinate with other healthcare providers and provide physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends.
• Confere with physicians and develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, and documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors.
• Teach healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals and instructing patients and families to understand condition, medications, and self‑care skills.
• Evaluate patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes, reviewing patient records, and re‑evaluating care objectives.
• Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection‑control policies, medication administration and storage procedures, controlled substance regulations, and legal regulations.
• Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Keep patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and troubleshooting breakdowns; maintain supplies and perform preventive maintenance.
• Keep patient care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
• Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.

• Must be able to work the hours specified.
• Must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily, including having visual acuity adequate for the position duties and the ability to communicate effectively.
• Required
  
  Education:
  
  Registered Nurse (RN) – Board of Nursing, active license in the state of practice upon hire.
• Preferred Education/
  
  Experience:
  
  1–3 years experience working in a clinical environment.

• Commitment to 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 workflow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA as applicable.

• Paid time off (PTO) available day 1 for eligible hires.
• 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 any other category protected by law.