RN - Watertown Clinic - Family Medicine - Full Time
Watertown, South Dakota
Posted Aug 24
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Hours a week
- 36
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in South Dakota is $32/hr, across 113 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Careers With Purpose
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.
- Facility: Watertown Clinic
- Location: Watertown, SD
- Address: 901 4th St NW, Watertown, SD 57201, USA
- Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts
Job
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Schedule
Full time
Weekly Hours: 36.00 Salary Range: $29.50 - $44.50
Department Details
Come join our team in the Watertown Clinic in the Family Medicine Department!
- Hours are Monday - Thursday and every other Friday
- Acute care obligation of one shift per month
- One weekend every 3 months
- No holidays!
Job 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. Responsible for the coordination of care, patient assessment, patient education, triage, and various other nursing interventions. 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. Functions within the scopes 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 preferred, 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 licensure, competencies and certifications.
Benefits
Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
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 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org .
Sanford has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.
- Req Number: R-0272351
- Job Function: Nursing
- Featured: No
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Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited nursing program preferred, 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 licensure, competencies and certifications.
Place
- City
- Watertown, South Dakota
- Rent against this pay
- 16% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $69,600/yr
- State price level
- 11% below the national average
$942 median rent against $5,772 a month at $37/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
South Dakota index 88.6, where 100 is the national average.
Watertown, South Dakota, offers a welcoming small-city feel with easy access to the outdoors along the Big Sioux River and serene Lake Kampeska. Nurses relocating here find a tight-knit community, affordable living, and a relaxed pace ideal for balancing career and life.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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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…
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