Registered Nurse (RN) - Float Pool - DEC 2024 & MAY/AUG 2025 New Grads

DEC 2024 & MAY/AUGUST 2025 New Grads are welcome to apply!

Includes: Orthopedic Trauma/Neuro ICU/Rehab/Short Stay

Magnet Recognized: Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center has received consecutive ANCC Magnet re-designations for meeting rigorous standards for nursing excellence and job satisfaction.

Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, free health insurance, and options for: Student Loan Repayment Program, sign-on bonuses, various shifts and career growth opportunities.

What Makes the Float Pool Special…?

***every 3rd weekend/holiday rotation!!!***

• Work/life balance (flexible scheduling): The float pool will offer YOU preferred scheduling and PTO accommodations consistently!!! A lot of autonomy over your schedule.


• Safe Patient Ratios: 1 nursing professional: 4-5 patients
  
  
  
  • Zero tolerance for workplace violence, this team cares for YOU!!!
  
  
  
  


• ORIENTATION MODEL
  
  
  
  • Become immersed in the Float Pool’s “Tiered Skills Acquisition Model” (tSAM) for orientation as a new grad RN! J
  
  
  • Within this evidenced-based model, expect orientation that is set up similar to how you went through nursing school.
  
  
  • Key Takeaways:
    
    
    
    • Caring for the whole nursing assignment from the start, but focused on specific aspects of nursing care to ensure mastery and comfort in job duties long-term
    
    
    • 12-week model; can offer additional orientation if needed
    
    
    • Every 1-2 weeks expect hands-on education time in which you’ll go through all materials in the previous tier of learning to understand the WHY behind your job duties!!!
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Units
  
  
  
  • Short Stay Unit
  
  
  • Orthopedic Trauma Unit
  
  
  • Brain & Spine (Neuro & Neuro ICU)
  
  
  • Inpatient Rehab
  
  
  
  

If you are an aspiring nurse that…

• Wants to know they are practicing in a safe work environment? Then come to PMR float pool at McKennan! You can expect a consistent patient ratio of 1:4, or 1:5! The leaders here care about YOU, and will do whatever it takes to ensure that ratio remains optimal for your ability to not only care for your patients, but yourself in your practice. Whether it is Short Stay, Ortho, B&S, or Rehab you can expect this to be consistent and honored.


• Is looking for an opportunity to be able to care for someone that is a very acute patient, but then also potentially see them progress into lower levels of care, and thereafter potentially home!? Then this is the opportunity for YOU! You can watch patients progress from an ICU Neuro type setting, all the way back to Rehab and thereafter discharge…you will not find this kind of opportunity anywhere else at McKennan!!!


• Wants a readily available support, and to be heard? Then this is the float pool for you!!! Mara, Stephanie (Ortho), Elizabeth (Short Stay), Becky and Jill (Rehab), and Kayla and Christine (B&S), as well as your direct leader Maria, are true nursing leaders and are ready to take action to best support you and your patients when needed. Most of the unit supervisors even work 2-3 floor shifts per schedule – they are present, and well-equipped to be practicing nursing professionals alongside YOU.


• Thrives on variety, and is adaptable/flexible in the work environment, and is open to a dynamic array of patient types and experiences,

Then this is the role for YOU!!!

Education and/or Experience

• Graduate from a CCNE or NLN accredited nursing program is strongly preferred


• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is preferred.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of South Dakota and/or meeting the requirements of multi-state licensure required.

Work Schedule

• Hours:
  
  
  
  
  • Registered Nurse - 7a-7:30p, 7p-7:30a – varied shifts
    
    
    
    
    • Every 3rd weekend/holiday rotation – weekends are Friday-Sunday
    
    
    • (3) 12-hour shifts per week
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • $3 SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL is available for hours worked between 7p and 7a, $2 on weekends, and $5 on weekend nights!!!
  
  
  
  

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

• $32.00 - $46.50 per hour

Awards and Affiliations

***Avera McKennan has been named a 5-star hospital by CMS, a Top-100 Hospital, and Top-15 Healthcare System by IBM Watson***.

• Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers 2019 – No. 1 in South Dakota and in the Top 20 in Minnesota


• Platinum-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association


• The Gold Seal of Approval by the Joint Commission


• Avera McKennan has been designated a MAGNET facility 5-times in a row!!

What Makes Avera Special?

Why Nursing at Avera?