Registered Nurse - RCC - Straight Nights
Rapid City, South Dakota
You'll work three 12-hour night shifts a week.
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour night shifts · Straight nights, weekdays 6:30 PM to 7:00 AM 12 Hours - Night Shifts Weekdays, 6:30 PM-7:00 AM + Weekend rotation required: Work four weekend days a month36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Hospital
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Great hands on opportunities for new graduates to sharpen nursing skills
- License
- Unencumbered RN license where you practice, or a multistate license if the state is in the Nurse Licensure Compact Check your license
- Education
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program
- Also asks
- Department-specific competencies and certifications, kept current Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
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. See program calendars.
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
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Top of Rapid City staff RN payRapid City staff RN postings that state pay run $30/hr to $35/hr, the middle half $32/hr to $35/hr, across 252 postings.
Benefits
- BenefitsHealth insurancehealth insurance
- BenefitsDental insurancedental insurance
- BenefitsVision insurancevision insurance
- BenefitsLife insurancelife insurance
- Benefits401(k) retirement plana 401(k) retirement plan
- Benefits401(k) employer contribution match401k employer contribution match
More benefits (7)
- BenefitsWork/life balance benefitswork/life balance benefits
- BenefitsGenerous time off packagea generous time off package
- Paid Time Off
- Voluntary Benefits
- Company Paid Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Perks
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses Upward mobility opportunities to precept new nurses or train in the Charge nurse role.
- Charge
- Training in the charge nurse role
- Weekends
- Four weekend days a month Weekend rotation required: Work four weekend days a month
- Weekends
- Can leave early Saturday or Sunday, or come in later on Mondays There is opportunities to leave early Saturday/ Sunday or come in later on Mondays
- Details
- Listed address: 216 Anamaria Dr, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA 216 Anamaria Dr, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
Support on this unit
- Nurse to patient
- 1:3 stated in this posting
The workplace
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday and call?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are floating and staffing support handled day to day?
Original listing
Posted on Sanford Health’s careers page.
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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: Black Hills Surg Hosp
- Location: Rapid City, SD
- Address: 216 Anamaria Dr, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
- Shift: 12 Hours - Night Shifts
Job
Schedule
Full time
Weekly Hours: 36.00 Salary Range: $34.00 - $48.00
Department Details
Opportunity to work 3 12 – hour night shifts a week
Flexible Scheduling
Weekdays, 6:30 PM–7:00 AM + 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.
401k employer contribution match
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. 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.
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.
Job Function: Nursing Featured: No
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