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Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health - Full-time

Avera Health

Posted/Updated: 27 days ago

Job Description

**This position may be eligible for a $6,000 sign on bonus!**

Work Schedule

  • Hours:
    • 7a-7:30p, 7p-7:30a; varied shifts between days and nights
    • Weekend and Holiday Rotation

Pay

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

  • $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!!

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

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!

 

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.

If you are a 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.

This is the role for YOU!!

Position Highlights:

  • 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
Job Requirements
Education and/or Experience
- Graduate from a CCNE or NLN accredited nursing program is strongly preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.

Licensure/Certification/Registration
- 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.
Avera Health

 

Avera offers great employee benefits.
• Competitive pay ranges • A full lineup of life, health and dental insurance • Generous paid-time off (PTO) package • Tuition assistance • Employee health and wellness program