Avera Health·Granite Falls, Minnesota
Provide professional nursing care, assessments, and evaluations to residents in a long-term care setting. Responsibilities include administering medications, implementing care plans, and coordinating with physicians to manage resident health.
Work Shift: Night Shift (United States of America)
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
$24.50 - $51.50
Position Highlights
RN may be eligible for up to a $20,000 sign-on bonus!
LPN may be eligible for up to a $10,000 sign-on bonus!
Job Satisfaction: Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct resident care.
Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.
New graduates welcome to apply!
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
LPN Pay: $22.20-$32.00 per hour.
RN Pay: 34.00-51.00 per hour
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.
Provides each resident with professional nursing care, assessment and evaluations in their scope of practice.
What you will do
Performs all licensed practical nursing functions and services as directed by the Registered Nurse to all residents.
Completes assessments on residents, makes appropriate interventions, applies knowledge, prioritizes resident care, uses nursing process (assess, plan, implement, evaluate).
Complies with all pharmaceutical policies and procedures, ensures that all medications/treatments are given safely and accurately in accordance with the physician’s orders. Administers medications according to facility policy, competent in Pyxis medication administration system.
Participates in the care planning process and assures that resident care is implemented consistently and appropriate to the age of those served. Initiates and updates plan of care as appropriate.
Complies with standards of professional documentation.
Communicates and manages the delivery of resident care, ensures quality care is provided.
Guides staff in meeting the needs of the residents, practicing routines based on residents’ needs.
Participates in physician rounds, communicates changes in resident condition to physician utilizes SBAR communication tool. Processes and transcribes physician’s orders and implements according to facility policy.
Seeks educational opportunities, shares knowledge with others, assists with orientation of new staff.
Investigates incidents, patient/family complaints and makes immediate report to VP of Resident Care or Administrator on-call. Facilitates conflict management while respecting diversity of people, their strengths and ideas.
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.
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire
• Less than 1 year experience in Long Term Care
Benefits: You Need & Then Some
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 [talent@avera.org].
Must hold an active Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license from the Board of Nursing in the state of practice. New graduates are welcome, though less than one year of long-term care experience is preferred.
Market context
Minnesota nursing openings often reflect steady demand in senior care settings, where employers look for RNs who can support older adults and work reliably across shifts. These roles are competitive because an accredited nursing degree, an unencumbered RN license, and prior senior-population experience are common screening points; a bachelor’s degree can strengthen candidacy. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, then confirm your license status and tailor your application to senior-care experience.
