Job Description

**Location:** Avera St Luke's Hospital **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America) **Pay Range:** _The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience._ $18.75 - $28.75 **Position Highlights** ✨ Highlights of the Role: + Empower healthcare heroes - be part of something bigger + Make a real difference in someone's recovery journey + Perfect opportunity for college students exploring healthcare, psychology, or social work + Supportive team, meaningful work, and a mission that matters + Grow your skills and experience while helping others heal **You Belong at Avera** **Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.** **A Brief Overview** Serves as a liaison for nurses, counselors, and patients in interdepartmental communications. Assists with the physical and psychological care of patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered. **What you will do** + Demonstrates effective communication skills to create a positive work environment. + Participates in the daily inter-disciplinary treatment team meeting as needed, providing input in terms of patient behaviors and interactions with others. + Implements suicide precautions as needed. + Assesses changes in patient's condition/behavior and notifies RN and/or Counselor. + Assists with the activities of daily living care of the patients to include, but not limited tovital signs, collection of specimens, and other general nursing care procedures. + Maintains accurate and concise records, documenting promptly all pertinent information in the patient's EMR. + Assesses impending agitation and escalation of behavioral changes and participates in the behavioral management of these patients. + Assists with admissions, transfers, and discharging of patients. + Assists with medication monitoring and education at facility. + Ensures that patient's valuables and personal items are properly handled. **Essential Qualifications** The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer. **Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + 1-3 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience **Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + Bachelor's **Expectations and Standards** + Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community. + Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship. + Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity. + Maintain confidentiality. + Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment. + Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable. _Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to_ _talent@avera.org_ _._ At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward. The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

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