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Job ID: 895511
Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,275.63
Job Title
Registered Nurse – ICU (12-Hour Days)
Location
Rapid City, SD | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Full-Time | Days | 12-Hour Shifts | Expected 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 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