**Location:** Avera Granite Falls Hospital **Worker Type:** Temporary **Work Shift:** Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America) **Position Highlights** **Avera is currently seeking Nurse Clinical Interns for Summer 2025!** ****This position is located in Granite Falls, MN**** + **PAID Internship!** + **Opportunities:** Secure a Nursing position before you graduate. Discuss with your recruiter opportunities to join Avera’s nursing team. + **Career Growth:** Great opportunity to obtain health care experience for those looking to further their education in a healthcare related field. + **Student Loan Repayment:** Please inquire about 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. + Explore (https://www.avera.org/careers/nursing-opportunities/) **a Nursing Career at Avera.** ****Please see the website for** application process/requirements (https://www.avera.org/careers/internships/nursing-clinical-internship/) ****** **Overview** + Online application – **Due Friday, January 3, 2025, by 5:00pm** + Cover letter and Resume attached to online application describing career goals– **Due Friday, January 3, 2025, by 5:00pm** + Academic Advisor Evaluation (see link above) - **Due Friday, January 3, 2025. by 5:00pm.** It can be emailed to Michelle.Person@avera.org + **Students at an out-of-state college are required to be enrolled in the internship class that provides a clinical instructor who is licensed in the state of MN.** + Position will rotate through Med/Surg, Emergency Department, Long Term Care and Clinic. **Work Schedule** + Varied Shifts, occasional weekends; position is 72 hours every 2 weeks + 7:00am-7:30pm and 7:00pm-7:30am **Pay** The hourly pay for this position is listed below. + $20.00 per hour **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** Nursing Service at Avera requires all nurses and student nurses to practice at a competent level of nursing care and demonstrate a competent and professional level of behavior in the role. The ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice are exemplified within the position description. The Nurse Clinical Intern, under the direction and guidance of a Registered Nurse mentor, is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide nursing care for the patient, assuming responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered. **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. + Enhances nursing capabilities during training as outlined by leadership and mentor. **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:** + Some College Currently enrolled and have completed all but the final one or two semesters of CCNE or NLN accredited Registered Nursing program. **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 front-loaded 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/Affirmative_ _Action Employer_ _Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual_ _Orientation/Gender Identity. 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_ _._ 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.