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Director Nursing Services Long Term Care

Location: Avera Marshall Hospital Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Primarily days with night, weekend and holiday on-call involvement (United States of America) Position Highlights May be eligible for a $30,000 sign-on bonus! Salary Range: $125,000-150,000 annually 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 Responsible for providing care and services to meet the needs of the assigned facilities through strategic and accountable leadership. This includes the establishment, implementation and adherence to policies and procedures, coordination of orientation programs for new staff, development and engagement of existing staff and is instrumental in leading quality improvement activities; develops monitoring tools, collects data, uses data to drive improvements in care and services. What you will do Responsible for total nursing care of residents and the accuracy of the nursing care records. Participates in the selection of prospective residents based on nursing care needs and nursing personnel competencies available. Oversees all Federal/State SNF Conditions of Participation including admissions, MDS/Care planning process, restorative nursing and care delivery. Establishes and implements policies/procedures for the total care of residents inclusive of nursing activities, social services, and delegated medical care. Determines, along with the Administrator, the numbers and levels of nursing personnel. Establishes staffing pattern to provide quality nursing care 24 hours/day. Participates in planning, decision making, and budgeting for the facility. Remains aware of the safety needs for staff and residents; develops policies relevant to quality of care. Coordinates the QAPI program and facilitates staff participation in QAPI. Delegates and monitors non-nursing responsibilities to other staff consistent with their training, experience, competence, and legal authorization and with nursing home policy. Understands/coordinates Medicare/Medicaid coverage requirements. Assures that a comprehensive plan of care is established and implemented per regulations for each resident. Interacts with the physicians/providers to plan care for the residents. Assures that discharge and transfer planning for residents is conducted. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. 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: Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire 4-6 years in long term/skilled care or similar experience Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: 1-3 years leadership 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. Benefits You Need & Then Some Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship 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- or send an email to .

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Director Nursing Services Long Term Care

Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

Location: Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America) Position Highlights This position may be eligible for a $30,000 sign on bonus and relocation allowance! Located in Aberdeen, SD. We are seeking a compassionate, experienced long term care nurse leader. Apply today, or reach out by email to with any questions! 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 Responsible for providing care and services to meet the needs of the assigned facilities through strategic and accountable leadership. This includes the establishment, implementation and adherence to policies and procedures, coordination of orientation programs for new staff, development and engagement of existing staff and is instrumental in leading quality improvement activities; develops monitoring tools, collects data, uses data to drive improvements in care and services. What you will do Responsible for total nursing care of residents and the accuracy of the nursing care records. Participates in the selection of prospective residents based on nursing care needs and nursing personnel competencies available. Oversees all Federal/State SNF Conditions of Participation including admissions, MDS/Care planning process, restorative nursing and care delivery. Establishes and implements policies/procedures for the total care of residents inclusive of nursing activities, social services, and delegated medical care. Determines, along with the Administrator, the numbers and levels of nursing personnel. Establishes staffing pattern to provide quality nursing care 24 hours/day. Participates in planning, decision making, and budgeting for the facility. Remains aware of the safety needs for staff and residents; develops policies relevant to quality of care. Coordinates the QAPI program and facilitates staff participation in QAPI. Delegates and monitors non-nursing responsibilities to other staff consistent with their training, experience, competence, and legal authorization and with nursing home policy. Understands/coordinates Medicare/Medicaid coverage requirements. Assures that a comprehensive plan of care is established and implemented per regulations for each resident. Interacts with the physicians/providers to plan care for the residents. Assures that discharge and transfer planning for residents is conducted. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. 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: Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire 4-6 years in long term/skilled care or similar experience Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: 1-3 years leadership 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. Benefits You Need & Then Some Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship 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- or send an email to .

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Speech Pathologist

Estherville, Iowa, United States

Location: Avera Holy Family Hospital Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America) Pay Range: The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience. $32.25 - $48.50 Position Highlights May be eligible for a $20,000 sign on bonus with a 3 year commitment Student Loan Repayment: This position may be eligible for Avera's Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster. 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 Evaluates patients, develops treatment plans and provides treatment for medically necessary speech therapy services addressing a patient's deficits in speech, language, cognition, voice and dysphagia in the home setting. The Speech Pathologists demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the population served. What you will do Evaluates assigned patients through selection, administration, and interpretation of formal and informal diagnostic assessments to determine the levels of functioning and intervention needs in all areas of speech pathology. Demonstrates knowledge of age-specific factors and performs satisfactorily related to patient's age infant through geriatrics as noted on unit specific guidelines and competencies. Develops and implements individualized treatment programs for the patients needing services. Establishes and modifies intervention goals and strategies for patients/ treatment program based on on-going evaluations. Uses selected activities and/or tasks to promote and maintain health, and to achieve treatment goals. Provides direct therapy services to patients using various functional settings and strategies. Plans therapy with in the patient's individual physical, emotional and intellectual capabilities as indicated and coordinated with the rehabilitation, medical, and nursing care plans. Prepares written documentation as required by the profession and the department, such as evaluation results, individualized treatment plans, progress notes, and other such reports. Communicates effectively with patient, family, physician, and other disciplinary team members regarding the patient status, progress, and needs. Establishes rapport and work cooperatively with interdisciplinary team members (including family/physician) throughout the patient's intervention program. Participates in program development of the department. Evaluates and monitors clinical internship with students affiliating in various universities/colleges. 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: CCC-SLP - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or presently active in a supervised clinical fellowship year and certification received within one year of employment Upon Hire or Speech-Language Pathologist - Licensing Board An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: 1-3 years Speech Language Pathologist in a hospital, SNF, outpatient and/or home health setting 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. Benefits You Need & Then Some Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship 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- or send an email to .

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Director Quality Assurance and Risk Management

Mitchell, South Dakota, United States

Location: Avera Queen of Peace Hospital Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Position Highlights 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 Accountable for the overall operations of: Quality & Performance Improvement, Infection Prevention, Service Excellence, Accreditation, Patient Safety/Risk Management, Compliance, Medical Staff Privileging/Credentialing, and Patient/Family Grievances. What you will do Plans, actuates, evaluates, re-evaluates the activities of the above operations, working closely with other department leaders to develop excellence in all Avera employees and providers. Coordinates and attends all Medical Staff Committee meetings and all pertinent regional committee meetings where monitoring functions and activities are performed. Serves as a resource for Medical Staff and internal services on quality improvement activities, education, and use of quality principles and tools. Coordinates the process of monitoring, measuring, and assessment of patient care and support of systems to achieve high quality, safe, cost effective healthcare services. Coordinates and oversees regional Quality Improvement Plan development, QI plans, Medical Staff Quality Assurance/Improvement activities, and Quality Measures. Coordinates facility wide compliance with regulatory agencies including CMS, SDDOH and The Joint Commission in conjunction with the Compliance Coordinator. Develops, coordinates, and administers regional wide systems for risk identification, investigation and reduction, maintains statistics, ensures that pertinent patient data relative to a claim is accurate, available, and secure. Reviews and coordinates trend analysis, claims profiles, worker's comp trends, and analysis of risk data. Responds to professional liability and hospital liability questions and maintains knowledge of legislative and regulatory activities related to health care risk management. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. 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: Bachelor's in nursing or related clinical field 4-6 years clinical experience 1-3 years Previous management experience including responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work and managing performance of staff. five years' experience in Clinical setting, Quality Improvement, Risk Management and Patient Safety. 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. Benefits You Need & Then Some Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship 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- or send an email to .

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Director Radiology

Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

Location: Avera St Luke's Hospital Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Primarily days with night, weekend and holiday on-call involvement (United States of America) Position Highlights 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 Accountable for directing the operation of the Radiology department, its personnel and its affiliated clinic's radiology personnel. What you will do Integrates Departmental services into the organization's primary functions. Develops and updates policies and procedures consistent with organization's policies ensuring that department meets JCAHO, CMS, NRC, MQSA and ACR standards; makes changes to meet state and federal requirements including safety standards. Participates in the System's Radiology Service Line and participates in the selection of sources for needed services not provided by the department or organization. Stays abreast of new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, equipment and methods. Responsible for determining new programs and their development. Directs procurement of supplies and equipment in coordinator with Supply chain and assures proper storage and utilization of those items. Establishes fiscal plans for the departments and operates within its parameters. Continually assesses and improves the performance of care and services provided by the department. Conducts regular department meetings and education in-services for all staff. Coordinates marketing plans for services offered in conjunction with Avera Marketing. Operates specialized equipment to produce diagnostic information. Responsible for delegated areas of authority in the performance of routine or special procedures. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. 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: Technical Certificate Graduate of an accredited school of Radiologic Technology or equivalent specialty Radiography (R) - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Upon Hire 4-6 years as a staff Technologist Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: Bachelor's Nuclear Medicine Technology, Business, Management or related field Mammography (M) - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Upon Hire or Certified MRI Technologist - American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (ARMRIT) Upon Hire or Computed Tomography (CT) - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Upon Hire or Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA) - Radiology Administration Certification Commission (RACC) Management or supervisory experience 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. Benefits You Need & Then Some Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship 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- or send an email to .

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Vice President -Total Rewards

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Location: Avera Health Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Position Highlights Please submit application materials for this opportunity through WittKieffer's Candidate Portal, accessible HERE . Please do not apply using the "Apply" button above. To be considered, all candidate materials must be submitted directly through WittKieffer's Candidate Portal. For additional information, confidential inquiries, or nominations, please contact the WittKieffer consultants supporting this search, April Allen or Bree Liddell, at or . 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 The Vice President of Total Rewards serves as the strategic leader for compensation, benefits, and employee health & well-being across Avera Health. The Vice President collaborates with senior leadership to develop compensation strategies, benefits offerings, and recognition programs that reflect Avera's commitment to compassionate care and service excellence. This leader ensures all programs are aligned with strategic priorities, fiscally responsible, compliant with regulatory requirements, and clearly communicate the value of total rewards to employees across the ministry. What you will do Develop and lead a comprehensive total rewards strategy, including compensation, benefits, and employee health & wellness, aligned with Avera Health's mission and strategic priorities. Design and implement competitive, equitable, and innovative pay and benefits programs that support employee well-being and organizational performance. Partner with leadership to align total rewards and employee health & wellness strategies with workforce needs, financial goals, and the delivery of high-quality, compassionate care. Leverage data and analytics to inform decision-making, measure program effectiveness, and drive continuous improvement. Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and maintain effective governance structures for total rewards programs. Oversee benefits operations, including wellness programs, ensuring effective, efficient, and high-quality service delivery across the organization. Manage vendor partnerships and contracts to optimize value, quality, and service for benefits administration and wellness offerings. Collaborate across teams to integrate total rewards programs into the broader employee experience and strengthen engagement and retention. Communicate the value of total rewards, including health and wellness offerings, in a clear and meaningful way to employees, leaders, and stakeholders. Lead and develop a high-performing team while modeling Avera's values and advancing a culture of service excellence, stewardship, and collaboration. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. 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: Bachelor's or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 7-9 years of human resources - total rewards experience. Experience in supporting system executive leadership teams. Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: Master's or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) - Human Resource Standards Institute (HRCI) SHRM-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) - Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM) Certified Benefits Professional (CBP) - World at Work Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) - World at Work Health Care experience. 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. Benefits You Need & Then Some Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship 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- or send an email to .

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VP Mission St. Luke's

Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

Location: Avera St Luke's Hospital Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Primarily days with night, weekend and holiday on-call involvement (United States of America) Position Highlights 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 Reporting to the Regional President and CEO of Avera St. Luke's and working collaboratively with the Chief Mission Officer of Avera Health as well as mission leaders across Avera Health, this position assures the integration of the mission and values into strategic and operational decision making within all assets of the Avera St. Luke's Region. A member of the regional leadership team, the Vice President of Mission oversees mission programs and services, manages the coverage and structure of the regional mission team, and establishes and implements accountabilities for key roles and services on the mission team. The Vice President of Mission works collaboratively with all stakeholders in shaping the culture of Avera, which is grounded in Avera's values and expressed in an organizational spirituality established by the founding faith communities of Avera, the Yankton Benedictine Sisters and the Aberdeen Presentation Sisters. What you will do Leads the integration of heritage, tradition, mission and values of Avera and its founders amid the changing context of health care. Educates and inspires persons throughout Avera recognize how their work advances the mission, values and healing ministry. Able to read the signs of the times to ensure evolving strategies are suited to bring Avera into the future with integrity. Serves as a partner in ensuring that the mission and values are expressed in Avera's policies, practices and procedures. Collaborates with leaders to ensure recruitment, selection and retention are inclusive and consistent with Avera's mission and values. Responsible for the creation, delivery, measurement and integration of effective programmatic services under mission, including formation, spiritual care, ethics, community needs assessments, and volunteerism. Cultivates an integrated spiritual life, articulates lived faith experience and the meaning it brings, as well as encourages and empowers individuals and Avera to do the same. Establishes community and relationships with diverse persons and groups, including local clergy, community partners. Applies theological training to the practical and pastoral issues encountered in health care. Identifies when theological and ethical principles are relevant and translate them into layperson's language. Understands, applies and serves as a resource regarding the principles of Catholic social teaching and moral theology, including the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs). Collaborates with system leaders in mission to deepen all facets of mission operations. Able to identify clinical and organizational ethical issues and facilitate an ethical discernment process in collaboration with key stakeholders, subject-matter experts and trained ethicists. Engages community and system leaders in dialog to ensure strategy, decisions, polices and budgets demonstrate a tangible commitment to justice, solidarity and right relationship. As requested by CEO and Avera Office for Public Policy, involved in setting advocacy priorities and collaborating with stakeholders to meet the demonstrated needs of the community. Has a working knowledge of Avera's business and financial realities; meaningfully engages with other executive leaders in operational decisions. Stays apprised of changes and trends in the health care landscape; able to anticipate the mission and ethical implications and plan for the future. Participates in assessment process of senior management candidates to ascertain their willingness and ability to promote our mission and values. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. 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: Bachelor's preferably in Catholic theology, health care mission, ethics or equivalent Master's Completed within three years of hire Practicing Roman Catholic is well-formed in the Catholic theological tradition 4-6 years Leadership experience accompanied by the ability to work effectively with groups and in a complex and organizational structure Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: Master's preferably in Catholic theology, health care mission, ethics or equivalent 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. Benefits You Need & Then Some Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship 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- or send an email to .

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