Registered Nurse - RCC - Days
Rapid City, South Dakota
The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for utilizing the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes/planning, implementation and evaluation) to provide individualized nursing care to patients.
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour day shifts · weekdays 6:30 AM-7:00 PM 12 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America) Weekdays, 6:30 AM-7:00 PM + Weekend rotation required: Work four weekend days a month36 scheduled weekly hours
- Unit and setting
- Hospital
- License
- RN license unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where practice occurs
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Great hands on opportunities for new graduates to sharpen nursing skills
- License
- unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where practice occurs Check your license
- Certification
- department-specific competencies and certifications, maintained Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
- Education
- graduate of an accredited nursing program
Preferred
- Education
- bachelor's degree in nursing Bachelor’s Degree in nursing preferred.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses Upward mobility opportunities to precept new nurses or train in the Charge nurse role.
- Union
- not a union position Union Position: No
- Day to day
- planning and coordination of care, patient assessment, patient education, triage Responsible for the planning and coordination of care, patient assessment, patient education, triage, and various other nursing interventions.
- Day to day
- collaborates with interprofessional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care Collaborates with other inter-professional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care.
- Day to day
- cares for patients across preventative care, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Cares for patients in all phases of preventative care, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up as patients move along the continuum of care.
- Charge
- opportunity to train in the charge nurse role
- Weekends
- four weekend days a month Work four weekend days a month
- Details
- flexible scheduling Flexible Scheduling
- Details
- option to leave early Saturday/Sunday or come in later on Mondays There is opportunities to leave early Saturday/ Sunday or come in later on Mondays
- Details
- hands-on opportunities for new graduates to sharpen nursing skills
Support on this unit
- Nurse to patient
- 1:3 stated in this posting
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday and call?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are floating and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
Original listing
Posted on Sanford’s careers page.
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Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.
Work Shift
12 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours
36
Compensation
Salary Range: $34.00 - $48.00
Union Position
No
Department Details
- Flexible Scheduling
- Opportunity to work 3 12 – hour day shifts a week
- Weekdays, 6:30 AM–7:00 PM + Weekend rotation required: Work four weekend days a month
- There is opportunities to leave early Saturday/ Sunday or come in later on Mondays
- 3:1 ratio
- Great hands on opportunities for new graduates to sharpen nursing skills
- Upward mobility opportunities to precept new nurses or train in the Charge nurse role.
Summary The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for utilizing the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes/planning, implementation and evaluation) to provide individualized nursing care to patients.
Job Description
Collaborates with other inter-professional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care. Demonstrates competency and practices within the full scope of nursing expertise/knowledge and utilizes appropriate age and population specific standards as designated in their assigned clinical setting. Cares for patients in all phases of preventative care, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up as patients move along the continuum of care.
Responsible for the planning and coordination of care, patient assessment, patient education, triage, and various other nursing interventions. Functions within the scope and standards of nursing practice as outlined in the Nurse Practice Act and Administrative Rules in state of practice and licensure. The Sanford Professional Nursing Practice recognizes the Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements as published by the American Nurses Association as the foundation of nursing care delivery and professional conduct.
Qualifications Graduate from an accredited nursing program required, including, but not limited to, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA). Bachelor’s Degree in nursing preferred. Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications. Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-949-5678 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.
What's around it?
Rapid City, SDFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,109/mo
- Household income
- $70,870/yr, all local households, not nurse pay