Avera Health: Upper Midwest's Leading Healthcare System
Avera Health stands as the Upper Midwest's premier nonprofit healthcare system and South Dakota's largest employer, serving over one million individuals across five states. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this integrated health system operates more than 300 locations in 100 communities throughout South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and North Dakota. With over 20,000 dedicated employees and physicians, Avera has built a faith-based organization rooted in Christian values that prioritizes compassionate, quality care in every patient encounter.
Comprehensive Healthcare Excellence
Avera Health provides a full spectrum of healthcare services spanning clinical care, diagnostic services, emergency medicine, specialized treatments, and community wellness programs. The organization's extensive network creates unique opportunities for healthcare professionals and support staff to advance their careers while serving diverse patient populations across rural and urban communities.
Values Driven Work Culture
At Avera, employees unite around a shared mission of moving health forward. The organization's Christian foundation emphasizes three core values-compassion, hospitality, and stewardship-that guide daily interactions with patients, families, and colleagues. This values-driven approach creates a uniquely fulfilling work environment where clinical excellence combines with meaningful community service.
Career Growth and Professional Development
- Over 1,100 active career opportunities across diverse healthcare disciplines
- Comprehensive training programs and hands-on mentorship from experienced professionals
- Leadership development initiatives supporting advancement at all career levels
- Student Loan Repayment Program offering up to $10,000 in assistance
- Sign-on bonuses available for select positions with commitment options
- Opportunities to specialize in pulmonary care, emergency medicine, diagnostics, and more
Comprehensive Benefits and Support
Avera demonstrates genuine commitment to employee wellbeing through PTO available day one, free health insurance options for full-time employees, employer retirement matching contributions up to 5%, and career development programs. The organization recognizes that supporting balanced, healthy lives enables healthcare professionals to deliver their best care.
Where You Matter
Whether you're an experienced respiratory therapist, nurse, physician, or support professional, Avera provides the resources, mentorship, and community environment needed to grow while making a tangible difference in people's lives and regional health outcomes.
Mission
Avera Health makes a positive impact in the lives and health of persons and communities by providing quality services guided by Christian values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
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Registered Nurse Licensed Practical Nurse | Med/Surg/Peds
Description
Location: Avera St Luke's Hospital
Worker Type: Regular
Work Shift
Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (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
Avera is currently seeking nurses looking to deliver the best possible nursing care in Avera's patient-focused settings.
- Student Loan Repayment: This 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.
- Sign-On Bonus: RN"s may be eligible for a $20,000 sign-on with 3 plus years of experience. New Grads may be eligible for $15,000 Sign-On.
- LPN's may be eligible for a $7,500 Sign on Bonus
- Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.
- Career Growth: You have the opportunity to go beyond licensure and employment requirements and become nationally certified.
Schedule
7: 00am-7:30pm, 7:00pm-7:30am; 72hrs/2wks
Pay Scale
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
RN | $33.50 - $48.00 LPN | $ 24.00 - 33.25
License
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire
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.
- 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 [email protected].

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