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Job ID: 882697
Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,275.63
Job Title
Registered Nurse – ICU (12-Hour Nights)
Location
Rapid City, SD | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Nights | 12-Hour Shifts | 48 Hours/Week
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