Registered Nurse

4 weeks ago


Harrisburg South Dakota, Lincoln County, SD, United States Avera McKennan Hospital Full time

**Seeking applicants with OR, and Pre/Post experience**

Join the team at Avera

Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

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, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Avera is looking for a Registered Nurse (RN) – Quality Improvement Specialist to join our team

Job Summary

The RN - Quality Improvement Specialist will be responsible for gathering and evaluating clinical data from the organization, analyzing data for patterns and trends in the delivery of healthcare; researching root causes for specific patient care trends; training and educating staff to promote good quality practices and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The RN-Quality Improvements specialist will work with leadership and staff to create policies and procedures to ensure excellent quality care, minimize harm to patient and keeping up to date with all federal and state laws/regulations to assure survey readiness.

Education and/or Experience

  • Graduate from a CCNE or NLN accredited nursing program is strongly preferred. Graduate from an approved nursing program is acceptable.
  • Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
  • 3-5 years of clinical nursing experience preferred
  • CPHQ – Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality preferred

Certification, Licensure and/or Registration

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

Work Schedule

  • Monday-Friday
  • 80 hours per 2 weeks

Pay

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

  • $29.50 - $44.25 per hour

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