Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,189 per week

Malone Healthcare - Nursing 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
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days, nights, flexible
• Employment Type: Travel

Travel RN – ICU | (Rapid City, SD)

Unit Overview

• 39-bed mixed ICU
  • MICU
  • SICU
  • CICU
  • TICU
• Travelers generally will not float to CVICU unless they have prior CVICU experience.
• Heavy trauma and high-acuity patient population.

✅ Minimum Requirements

• 2+ years of recent ICU experience (excluding travel assignments) strongly preferred
• Candidates with 1.5+ years of ICU experience may be considered if they have significant additional RN experience (manager approval required).
• First-time travelers are NOT accepted.
• Must have completed at least one prior travel assignment.
• Must live 100+ miles from any Monument Health facility.
• Former permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning as travelers.

Patient Population

Cares for critically ill adult patients including:

• Medical ICU
• Surgical ICU
• Cardiac ICU
• Neuro ICU
• Trauma ICU

Common diagnoses include:

• ARDS
• Myocardial Infarction (MI)
• Stroke (CVA/TIA)
• COVID
• Post-cardiac catheterization
• Post-surgical patients
• Multi-system trauma

Cardiac ICU experience is preferred , especially:

• CABG (24–48 hours post-op)
• TAVR (24–48 hours post-op)

Fresh open-heart patients are generally assigned to permanent staff unless the traveler has extensive experience.

Patient Ratios

• 1:1
• 1:2
• Occasionally 1:3 (based on patient acuity)

Required Certifications

• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• TNCC (Required before arrival)

Candidates unwilling to obtain TNCC should not be submitted.

Required Clinical Skills

Must be experienced with:

• Epic EMR ( required )
• Ventilator management
• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Vasopressors
• Sedation
• Paralytics
• Telemetry
• Proning
• Strong critical thinking and assessment

Strongly Preferred:

• CRRT
• Impella
• IABP

Floating

ICU travelers may float to:

• Emergency Department (if qualified)
• Adult Med-Surg/Telemetry (1:4 ratio) when overstaffed

Traveler must be comfortable floating.

Schedule

• 48 hours/week (mandatory and non-negotiable)
• Every other weekend preferred (not guaranteed)
• No on-call

Orientation

Includes:

• Hospital orientation
• 8-hour department orientation
• 4-hour iLearn session
• Two 12-hour precepted shifts
• One additional independent 12-hour shift for 48-hour/week travelers

‍⚕️ Unit Support

• 1–2 CNAs plus mobility aide
• 2 ICU Charge Nurses
• 24/7 Respiratory Therapy
• 3 Intensivists (days)
• 2 Intensivists + APP (nights)
• Resource nurse (staffing dependent)
• Phlebotomy available
• ICU Charge RNs place midlines

About Malone Healthcare - Nursing

With a commitment to providing a higher standard of service and experience in patient care, Malone Healthcare places expert nurses and allied health professionals in rewarding careers throughout the United States. As a leading healthcare staffing agency, Malone’s focus on compliance and integrity translates to a seamless experience for our team members and partner facilities. When you work with Malone Healthcare, you can rely on over 50 years of proven experience placing exceptional professionals in quality healthcare settings.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Holiday Pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Pet insurance
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Life insurance