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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
  • 1 day ago
  • $2,275

Highlights

Work within a well-supported ICU environment featuring 24/7 respiratory therapy coverage, dedicated charge nurses overseeing all ICUs, CNA support, phlebotomy services, and consistent intensivist physician presence on all shifts. 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.

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 oversee ventilator management and proning procedures
  • Monitor and interpret telemetry; 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 occasionally 1:3 based on acuity; collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team including intensivists, APPs, and respiratory therapy
  • Document accurately using Epic; utilize Alaris/Baxter pump systems and Omnicell
  • May be asked to precept nursing students and may float to adult floors including Med/Surg or Telemetry when staffing requires
Required Qualifications
  • Active Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by the South Dakota Board of Nursing; must have completed a board-approved nursing education program
  • BLS certification required
  • ACLS certification required
  • NIHSS certification required
  • TNCC certification required - candidates unwilling to obtain prior to start will not be considered
  • Minimum of 2 years of ICU experience (excluding travel experience) strongly preferred; candidates with at least 1.5 years of ICU experience plus significant RN experience outside of ICU may be considered on a case-by-case basis
  • Minimum of one prior travel assignment required; first-time travelers will not be considered
  • Epic EMR experience required
  • Comfort with an expected 48-hour/week contract schedule - this requirement is non-negotiable for this unit
  • Must reside at least 100 miles from any facility within this health system to be eligible
Preferred Experience / Skills
  • Cardiac experience including CABG/TAVR and 24-48 hours post-op care
  • Experience with Impella, IABP, and CRRT
  • Background working with mixed ICU populations across MICU, SICU, CICU, and TICU environments
  • Comfort floating to ED or PCU settings as applicable to scope and experience
Why Join Us
  • Work within a well-supported ICU environment featuring 24/7 respiratory therapy coverage, dedicated charge nurses overseeing all ICUs, CNA support, phlebotomy services, and consistent intensivist physician presence on all shifts
  • Enjoy on-site amenities including free parking and the opportunity to work in a dynamic, high-acuity setting that supports professional growth


Job ID 895511

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