American Traveler 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: 03/16/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs
• Hours: 48 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Mar 16, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced ICU RN for a 13-week night shift contract at a hospital in Rapid City, SD, requiring a minimum of 1.5–2 years of ICU experience and TNCC certification.

Details

• Mixed ICU setting with 39 beds divided into pods: MICU, SICU, CICU, and TICU
• Complex patient population including ARDS, MI, CVA/TIA, COVID, post-cardiac cath, post-surgical, and multi-system trauma; heavy trauma volume
• Cardiac experience (CABG/TAVR post-op) is preferred but not required; fresh open-heart cases are not assigned to travelers unless experienced and approved
• Patient ratios are 1:1, 1:2, or occasionally 1:3, depending on acuity
• Charting systems include Epic (required), Alaris pumps (transitioning to Baxter), and Omnicell
• 12-hour night shifts, 48 hours per week
• Every-other-weekend rotation expected (not guaranteed)
• No on-call responsibilities
• Floating is uncommon but possible to adult floors including Med/Surg or Tele at a 1:4 ratio when overstaffed

Requirements

• Active SD or Compact RN license required
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, and TNCC (must be obtained prior to start)
• Minimum 1.5–2 years of ICU experience, excluding travel experience; 2 years strongly preferred
• Candidates with 1.5 years of ICU experience (excluding travel) may be considered with significant RN experience outside of ICU
• Epic EMR experience required
• Experience with vasopressors, sedation, paralytics, hemodynamic lines, proning, ventilator management, and telemetry
• Strong critical thinking, assessment skills, and comfort working in a fast-paced, all-critical-patient environment
• Impella, IABP, and CRRT experience strongly preferred
• Must reside more than 100 miles from any Monument Health facility
• At least one prior travel assignment required; first-time travelers will not be considered
• 2 professional references dated within the past year required for consideration
• DOB and SSN required for consideration

Additional Information

• Unit support includes 1–2 CNAs per unit plus a mobility float aide, 2 charge RNs overseeing all ICUs, phlebotomy (peripheral draws only), respiratory therapy available 24/7, a resource nurse (staffing dependent), and physician coverage with 3 intensivists on days and 2 on nights plus an APP on nights
• Orientation consists of a hospital orientation, one 12-hour ICU shift, and one 8-hour ICU shift
• No RTO approved during holidays or the Sturgis Bike Rally (first 3 weeks of August); up to 7 days of RTO may be approved otherwise, with the requirement to extend to complete a full 13-week contract
• Travelers may occasionally be asked to precept nursing students
• Navy scrubs required
• Free parking is available on site
• Permanent staff must wait 1 year before returning to this facility as a traveler

American Traveler Job ID #P-675387. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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