Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $3,072 per week

Voca Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/16/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

ICU RN – Job Requirements

Job ID: 65749174 | Monument Health | Rapid City, SD

Required Qualifications

• ICU Experience: Minimum 2 years of staff ICU experience preferred, excluding travel assignments.
  • Candidates with 1.5 years of staff ICU experience plus significant additional RN experience may be considered with management approval.
• Travel Experience: At least 1 completed travel assignment required. No first-time travelers.
• RN License: South Dakota RN license or qualifying compact multistate license.
• Required Certifications:
  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • NIHSS
  • TNCC – Must have before arrival. Candidates unwilling to obtain TNCC should be declined.
• Charting: Epic experience required.
• Schedule: Must be willing to work 48 hours per week (non-negotiable).
• Radius Rule: Must live at least 100 miles from any Monument Health facility.

Required Clinical Skills

• Experience caring for complex medical, surgical, cardiac, neuro, and trauma ICU patients.
• Ventilator management and proning.
• IV vasopressors, sedation, and paralytic medications.
• Hemodynamic monitoring and invasive lines.
• Telemetry and critical patient assessments.
• Strong critical thinking, teamwork, and ability to manage high-acuity patients.

Strongly Preferred: Impella, IABP, CRRT, cardiac ICU experience, and post-CABG/TAVR care.

Assignment Details

Category

Details

Shift

12-hour days

Guaranteed Hours

48 hours/week

Contract Length

13 weeks

Unit

39-bed mixed ICU (MICU/SICU/CICU/TICU)

Patient Ratios

1:1–2, occasionally 1:3

Charting System

Epic

Weekend Requirement

Every other weekend attempted, not guaranteed

Floating

May float to adult Med/Surg/Tele floors

On-Call

None

Scrub Color

Navy

Scheduling & Submission Requirements

• No RTO during holidays.
• No RTO during the Sturgis Bike Rally (first 3 weeks of August).
• Up to 7 days of RTO may be considered, but the contract must be extended to complete 13 full weeks.
• Must be comfortable floating to adult floors, potentially with a 1:4 patient ratio.
• Previous Monument Health permanent employees must be separated for at least 1 year.
• Candidate must provide an example of a time they exceeded a leader's expectations for the offer email.
• Clinical interview and unit manager approval required.

Quick Recruiter Screening Checklist

Candidate Screening

2+ years of staff ICU experience (or 1.5 years plus management approval)

At least 1 completed travel assignment

Active SD RN or qualifying compact license

BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, and TNCC before arrival

Epic charting experience

Comfortable with complex ICU, trauma, vents, pressors, and sedation

Available for 48 hours/week

Lives 100+ miles from all Monument Health facilities

Willing to float to adult Med/Surg/Tele floors

Meets holiday, RTO, and prior employment restrictions

About Voca Healthcare

Benefits

• Holiday Pay
• 401k retirement plan
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Guaranteed Hours