Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Behavioral Health Adult C Unit

Location :

Avera Behavioral Health Center-Sioux Falls

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 - $33.25

Position Highlights

This position may be eligible for a Sign On Bonus

Why is Behavioral Health important?

The Avera Behavioral Health

Adult C Unit is designed

to be a structured, therapeutic environment for adults to learn to understand their diagnosis, develop a Crisis Response Plan, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals.

You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are Nurse that :

Enjoys patient focused care with a team that is dedicated to quality patient outcomes

Likes working with the Adult population

Has a passion for helping patients with Anxiety, Depression, and Personality Disorders and 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

Unit Highlights :

The Adult C Unit is a 26 bed unit

Opportunity to meet 60+ coworkers and work in a positive environment.

Opportunity to change the lives of your patients

1 LPN for 7-8 patient ratio

Flexible scheduling program

Student Loan Repayment :

This LPN 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.

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

The LPN practices under the supervision of a registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, licensed physician, or other health care provider. The LPN organizes and directs those aspects of care for which he / she is accountable; communicating and coordinating care with well-defined nursing diagnoses, including all health team members.

What you will do

• Collects data and conducts a focused nursing assessment of the health status of a patient.
• Participates with other health care providers in the development and modification of the patient-centered health care plan.
• Implements nursing interventions within a patient-centered health care plan.
• Assists in the evaluation of responses to interventions.
• Provides for the maintenance of safe and effective nursing care rendered directly or indirectly.
• Advocates for the best interest of the patient.
• Communicates and collaborates with patients and members of the health care team.
• Assists with health counseling and teaching.
• Delegates and assigns nursing interventions to implement the plan of care.

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 :

Expectations and Standards

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.

Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan

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 talent@avera.org