
RN - Registered Nurse - OR
Rapid City, SDFull-time$34–48/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Sanford Health is hiring a registered nurse for its operating room team at Black Hills Surgical Hospital in Rapid City. The role provides patient care in a fast-paced environment and collaborates with colleagues, including physicians. Candidates need at least six months of OR experience and an unencumbered RN license; graduation from an accredited nursing program is required. A bachelor’s degree in nursing is preferred.
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Full job description
Careers With Purpose
As one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the United States, Sanford Health is always looking to innovate and grow. Grow with us by joining our team of over 18,000 nurses. Our workplace culture focuses on treating patients and co-workers like family. You’ll work with people who value your advancement and help you find your niche.
Facility: Black Hills Surg Hosp Location: Rapid City, SD Address: 216 Anamaria Dr, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA Shift: Day Job Schedule: Full time Weekly Hours: 40.00 Salary Range: $34.00 - $48.00 Pay Info: $10,00.00 sign on bonus!!
Department Details
Join our OR team and work alongside our dedicated nurse team in a fast paced environment! We are looking for nursing candidates with a minimum of 6 months of OR experience.
$10,00.00 sign on bonus!!
- Enjoy a varied shift schedule
*Minimal on call requirement
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Competitive Benefits package
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Reputation for Excellence: Black Hills Surgical Hospital consistently ranks among the nation’s top surgical hospitals — you’ll be part of a team that’s known and respected.
Job Summary
We’re looking for positive, compassionate, hardworking registered nurses (RN) who can provide the high-quality care patients and families have come to expect from us. In our fast-paced work environment, the registered nurses who thrive are adaptable, great communicators, detail-oriented and have excellent time management skills. Because innovation impacts everything we do, our nursing team is full of critical thinkers who aren’t afraid to ask tough questions. Whether you’re a newly graduated registered nurse or have years of experience as an RN, we want someone willing to work closely with our nursing leaders to advance the organization. We take pride in giving you the necessary skills and tools to succeed in your goals throughout your career.
Responsibilities
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Plans and coordinates patient care, assessment, education, triage and various other nursing interventions
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Collaborates with colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care
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Empathetically cares for patients during all stages of preventive services, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up along the continuum of care
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Demonstrates competency and uses comprehensive nursing expertise
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 [email protected] .
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.
Req Number: R-0279502 Job Function: Nursing Featured: No
How this job compares
Set against the 59,133 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$34–48/hr
- South Dakota median$32–48/hr357 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr25,415 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $41/hr, is 3% above the South Dakota median midpoint ($40/hr) — in the top quarter of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in South Dakota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 412 open Registered Nurse jobs in South Dakota and 59,133 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in South Dakota
- Avera238 open
- Sanford Health (this employer)104 open
- Good Samaritan31 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 29,092 postings).
- Education
- 4,052 of the 59,133 open Registered Nurse jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Registered Nurse jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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