You’ll need
Licensure
✓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.
Certifications
✓Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
✓Basic Life Support (BLS) is required and must be obtained within six months of employment.
Education
✓Required in Bismarck or enrolled and starting a Bachelor’s degree program within one year of hire with a completion date within three years upon date of hire into position.
✓Required in Fargo Network and Sioux Falls Network, or employees hired after January, 2025, who do not possess a Bachelor’s degree in the required field, leadership may consider an educational plan with proven continuous action toward achieving a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing within five years of hire
✓Approval from the Nursing Executive for the market is required in order to waive the bachelor degree requirement (at time of hire).
✓Graduate from an accredited nursing program, including, but not limited to, those accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), or National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
Bachelor's degree in Nursing strongly preferred in Bemidji and Rapid City.
Qualifications
✓Required in Fargo and Sioux Falls (Sanford USD Medical Center and Clinics).
✓Additionally, for Rural Health Network facilities, for current employees, leadership may have considered acceptable qualifications and work experience equivalency based on facility size, rural market, and business need, prior to new Sanford education requirements.
✓Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Minimum of two years’ clinical experience preferred.
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About the role
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.