Registered Nurse - Surgical Trauma - Nights
Sanford Health
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
$32–$48/hr
About $67k–$100k/yr
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Posted Aug 28, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 28, 2026
What this means for you
Sanford Health is hiring for its own floors — no agency between you and the manager. The posted pay pencils out to roughly $67k–$100k a year. It's a night shift — quieter halls, a tighter crew, and your daylight hours back.
What the listing says
- Shift
- Nights · 12-hour
- Orientation & support
- Residency program
- Facility
- Teaching hospital
About this role
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Skills for this role
Requirements
- RN
- Nurse Licensure Compact
- Acute care
- Patient treatment planning
- Background check
- Care plan evaluation
- Nursing
- 12 hour shift
- Surgery
- RN License
About the employer
Sanford Health is the largest rural health system in the United States, headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with 55,000 employees serving over 2 million patients and nearly 415,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North…
What reviewers appreciate
- Largest rural health system in the U.S. with extensive resources and 55,000 employees across multiple states
- Diverse nursing specialty opportunities including behavioral health, neuro med/surg, and infusion services
- Accredited Stroke Center and Level I Trauma Center designations referenced in job postings
What reviewers flag
- Only 50% of employees report being motivated by the organization's mission, vision, and values per Comparably data (349 participants)
- Large multi-state system with 55,000 employees may involve organizational complexity and bureaucratic processes
Living in Sioux Falls, SD
Sioux Falls blends Midwestern friendliness with urban energy. South Dakota's largest city offers a growing healthcare sector, clean parks along the Big Sioux River, and a vibrant downtown. Nurses enjoy no state income tax, short commutes, and genuine community in this steadily expanding metro.
- Metro price level · Sioux Falls area
- 9% below the national average
- BEA index 90.6 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,035/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $75,970/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
Emergency is open from year one. Fellowships take new grads. The windows matter.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?