Registered Nurse - (RN) - New Grad - August 2026

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.

$32.00 - $48.00

Position Highlights

Start Your Career Where You Belong — Begin Your Journey as a New Graduate at Avera!

Turn your education into a meaningful career doing what you love. At Avera, we’re seeking passionate and driven new graduates ready to grow, make a difference, and care deeply for others. This is more than just your first job — it’s the start of a fulfilling career with a team that values your unique perspective, supports your growth, and celebrates your compassion.   Your journey begins here.

Where New Graduate RNs Can Begin Their Journey :

• Ortho / Trauma - 1 & 2 Main
• Surgical Trauma - 1 West
• Short Stay - 4 Main
• Brain & Spine (BSI) - 2 West
• Cardiopulmonary (CVS / PULM) - 1 East
• Emergency Department - ED East & ED West
• Inpatient Rehabilitation (Rehab)
• Surgical Renal - 3 East
• Peds / PICU
• Neuro Critical Care - NCC - 2 west
• Behavioral Health Unit Adult B
• Behavioral Health Unit   Adult C
• Behavioral Health Unit Acute Adult
• Behavioral Health Units Adolescent
• Behavioral Health Unit Child

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

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 :

Preferred 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 .