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Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care - $2,275 per week in Rapid City, SD

Malone Healthcare

  • Rapid City, SD
  • 3 days ago
  • $2,275

Highlights

Provide direct nursing care to complex ICU patients including surgical, medical, cardiac, neuro, and trauma populations with diagnoses such as ARDS, MI, CVA/TIA, post-surgical, and multiple system trauma. Work in a well-supported ICU environment with CNA support, charge nurse oversight, 24/7 respiratory therapy, phlebotomy services, and a robust intensivist/APP coverage model.

Numbers & Facts

LocationRapid City, SD
Salary$2,275

Description

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide direct nursing care to complex ICU patients including surgical, medical, cardiac, neuro, and trauma populations with diagnoses such as ARDS, MI, CVA/TIA, post-surgical, and multiple system trauma
  • Manage IV medications including vasopressors, sedation, and paralytics; maintain hemodynamic lines and support ventilator management
  • Perform patient monitoring via telemetry and apply strong critical thinking and assessment skills in a fast-paced, all-critical-patient environment
  • Operate within patient ratios of 1:1, 1:2, or 1:3 (acuity dependent) and collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team including intensivists, APPs, and respiratory therapy available 24/7
  • Float to adult floors including Med/Surg or Telemetry when operationally necessary; may occasionally precept nursing students
  • Document accurately using Epic; operate Alaris/Baxter infusion pumps and Omnicell medication dispensing systems
Required Qualifications
  • Active Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by the South Dakota Board of Nursing (or compact eligibility); completion of a board-approved nursing education program
  • Minimum 2 years of ICU experience (excluding travel experience); candidates with 1.5 years of ICU experience plus significant RN experience outside of ICU may be considered on a case-by-case basis
  • Minimum one prior travel assignment required; first-time travelers will not be considered
  • BLS certification required
  • ACLS certification required
  • NIHSS certification required
  • TNCC certification required - candidates unwilling to obtain prior to start will not be considered
  • Proficiency with Epic EMR (required for ICU)
  • Must live at least 100 miles from any facility location to be eligible
Preferred Experience / Skills
  • Cardiac ICU experience, including CABG/TAVR post-operative care (24-48 hours post-op)
  • Experience with Impella, IABP, and CRRT
  • Comfort and experience with proning techniques
  • Familiarity floating between ICU and ED environments
Why Join Us
  • Work in a well-supported ICU environment with CNA support, charge nurse oversight, 24/7 respiratory therapy, phlebotomy services, and a robust intensivist/APP coverage model
  • Free on-site parking available; structured orientation program designed to set travelers up for success


Job ID 882697

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