**Location:** Sioux Center, IA **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America) Sioux Center Health is seeking a qualified individual to join our team! Sioux Center Health has been designated a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, awarded a Top Workplace honor by The Des Moines Register, and won Best of the Northwest in 12 healthcare categories. Sioux County also ranked #6 in the nation for being one of the Healthiest Communities according to U.S. News & World Report and CVS. There’s a reason we are a recognized healthcare leader. **Position Highlights** **Summary** + The RN assists the Resource Nurse in the management and care of their assigned patients by means of direct patient care, nursing diagnosis, and patient teaching. Participate in educational programs as an educator/consultant (if applicable). **General Hours of Work** + 8 or 12 hour shift rotation (weekends, holidays and call rotation) **Education and/or Experience** + Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Experience preferred, but not required. Bi-lingual experience preferred but not required. **Certificate, Licenses, Registrations** + Must have a current registered nurse license to practice in the State of Iowa. Must obtain and maintain professional certifications prior to working in the applicable areas: + Med Surg: ACLS, BLS **Essential Functions** + In collaboration with Resource Nurse makes patient assignments to team members to provide the best and most efficient nursing care. Logs into Vocera adding room assignments, updates electronic white boards with patients assigned and individual patient information. Coordinates making post discharge follow-up calls. + Performs patient assessments, hourly rounding and initial nursing assessment of all new admissions, admission note as well as on-going assessments and patient notes. + Coordinates making physicians rounds and physician notifications with the Resource Nurse. Carries out new orders and/or communicates new orders to team members to be completed. Makes necessary observation and suggestions to attending physicians. Accountable for acknowledging all new orders and following through with them. Provides bedside report for oncoming staff. + Provides bedside care and functions to the patients. Is responsible for appropriate discharge and patient teaching for their shift and completes discharge routine documentation. + Knows the hospital area resource services and insurance certification procedure for patients. + Administers medication and treatments per physician orders and reviews H & P, meds, treatments, etc. + Utilizes principles of good leadership and management in organizing nursing care on the unit. Serves as liaison between patient, physician, and staff. + Attends and conducts in-services meeting, if needed. + Records and documents all clinical and patient data including, but not limited to, narcotic counts, census data, QI information, physician orders, patients charges, and etc. + Serves as an instructor for prenatal educational activities and collaborates with clinical leaders to assess, plan, implement and evaluate goals, objectives and content of educational programs (if applicable). + Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned. At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward. The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.