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This position may be eligible for Rural Health Facility Recruitment Assistance Program, which offers $10,000 over three years

This 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.

***Avera has been voted a “BEST-IN-STATE employer” 2019 –current***

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for the performance of timely, accurate, quality clinical laboratory results utilizing all available human and material resources within the laboratory.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Avera offers an excellent, comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as paid time off, and generous retirement match program. There are great opportunities for continuing education. We have COMPETITIVE WAGES and NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES with the largest employer in South Dakota
• Collaboration with healthcare team and primary care providers on site
• Full time, benefits eligible positon – 80 hours per pay period; day shift, no weekend/holiday/call
• Serve patients in a rural healthcare setting in an out-patient clinic
• Perform testing utilizing protocol with high degree of accuracy in all departments of the laboratory
• Responsible for specimen collection and processing, test performance, and reporting of laboratory test results
• Serve as Lab Director for Kennebec Clinic
• Perform calibration, quality checks, and preventative maintenance steps on assigned instrumentation and document information
• Chamberlain in conveniently located along the Missouri River and I-90. Click to link to learn more about what Chamberlain has to offer!
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EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Associate’s degree in MLT or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school required.
• Six months to one year related experience and/or training preferred

CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE, and/or REGISTRATIONS:

• Certification as Medical Laboratory Technician from the ASCP or AMT preferred

Join the Avera Weskota Memorial Hospital team as a Registered Nurse in Wessington Springs, SD.

Job Highlights: 

• Great team environment in a small rural critical access hospital. 
• Ability to work in multiple different care settings- Emergency Department, Medical unit, Outpatient nursing, swing bed unit, and telemedicine.
• Wessington Springs is a great community to work and live.
• PRN position.

Job Summary:

• Actively uses the nursing process in goal-focused patient care, demonstrating accountability as an individual and team member. 
•  Synthesizes information from a variety of sources to develop and implement and individualized collaborative plan of care.
• Documents the actions taken to address the plan of care. Works closely with the care team to coordinate patient activities for complete patient continuum of care. 
• Provides timely, continuous, age appropriate, collaborative assessment and preparation of patients and families for the next level of care. 
• Provides and documents nursing care to patients of all ages.
•  Act as a mentor and coach to other nursing personnel

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Licensed Registered Nurse in good standing in South Dakota. BLS, ACLS and TNCC certification within one year of employment.
• Previous experience in medical, surgical or pediatric nursing helpful.

If this is your passion, we would love to have you consider joining our team driven to provide quality care services with a compassionate Christian culture.

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