**Location:** Avera Behavioral Health Center-Sioux Falls **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America) **Position Highlights** **Pay Range:** _The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience._ $35.50 - $53.25 **Position Highlights** The Avera Behavioral Health (https://www.avera.org/services/behavioral-health/) Senior Unit is a 20 bed unit that provides a welcoming, calming and healing environment to our patients as well as their families. The Senior unit’s environment is an active and challenging care environment that requires critical thinking and at the same time values autonomous professional nursing practice. **You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are Nurse that:** + This Registered Nurse Supervisor position is a unique opportunity to get both medical and mental health experience as many of the patients have medical comorbidities requiring medical nursing care as well. + You will develop important therapeutic skills that could be used in any setting of nursing + Enhance interpersonal skills while also performing duties may entail IVs, blood draws, catheter insertions, respiratory treatments, wound care + Enjoys working with older adults with all different levels of functioning as well as their families. + Has a passion helping patients with conditions such as Dementia, Depression, Catatonia, Anxiety Disorders, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. + Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment. + Work with a dynamic and comprehensive team that includes: Physicians, Social Workers, Case Management, Patient Care Techs, expressive therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, physical, occupation and speech therapy. **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** Oversees patient care assuring that services are provided in a safe, efficient, and cost effective manner that enhances patient, staff, and physician satisfaction. Key player in developing and implementing competencies, quality monitoring, educating and teaching and serving as an ongoing resource. Assists leadership in overall management of the unit and serves as the primary resource for clinical skills and expert knowledge to nursing staff. **What you will do** + Assists with the development of goals and objectives for the unit and maintains knowledge of operating policies and procedures, assuring implementation and compliance. + Participates in action steps to assure budget objectives are achieved and cost expense objectives are met. + Assists with unit-based competency program specific to each category of staff member. + Coordinates the completion of staffing schedules and maintains appropriate staffing levels to maximize department efficiency. + In collaboration with leadership, will collect data, complete chart audits, and monitor for trends that could be used to improve operations and affect patient outcomes. + Assists leadership in assessing and handling of patient/family concerns. + Reviews patient plan of care with direct caregivers to offer suggestions and interventions to enhance efficiency and quality of care. + Participates in the patient care rounds, communicating with physicians, families, community agencies, social services, home care, therapies, case managers, and other disciplines involved in the planning and coordinating of patient care. + Maintains clinical skills as required and documented in unit-specific, competency-based criteria. + Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. **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 + 1-3 years nursing experience **Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + Specialty Certification - Area of Nursing Practice - Certification Board Certification in area of specialty may be required **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.