RN - Flight (Registered Nurse)|MCK Helicopter

Location: Avera McKennan Hospital Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Pay Range: The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience. $34.50 - $51.50 Position Highlights For Flight RN: Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing - An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire

• Registered Nurse (Single) - Minnesota Board of Nursing within 180 Days
• EMS - North Dakota Health and Human Services North Dakota EMS within 90 Days
• Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) - Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) within 2 Years
• Driver's License - Licensing Board Upon Hire
• 1-3 years Critical Care experience

• ***This is a float Flight RN position. You will be working in our 3 bases located in Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, and Pierre, SD.
• **May be eligible for a $6000 or $15,000 Sign on Bonus
• *Schedule: 12 hour shifts: 7:00am-7:30pm and 7:00pm-7:30am & some 24 hour; rotate every 3rd weekend/holiday. You will know your schedule 6 weeks in advance.
• * Your preferences will be taken in consideration for scheduling.

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.
• All Careflight personnel are responsible for maintaining physical health and proper weight, not to exceed 240 pounds.

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
• Registered Nurse (Single) - Minnesota Board of Nursing within 180 Days
• EMS - North Dakota Health and Human Services North Dakota EMS within 90 Days
• Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) - Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) within 2 Years
• Drivers License - Licensing Board Upon Hire
• 1-3 years Critical Care experience

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: * Technical Certificate Strongly encouraged to complete life-saving education specific to specialty area. 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.
• 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 View phone number on clk.get.it or send an email to View email address on clk.get.it (mailto:View email address on clk.get.it) .