Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Aberdeen, SD

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr rotating, 36 hours a week, starting November 9, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,456 a week in all, a taxable rate of $33.04 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Registered Nurse (RN) — Location: Not specified. This position involves providing specialized nursing care for critically ill patients within a healthcare facility. The role requires delivering individualized care, collaborating with healthcare teams, and utilizing advanced technology to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Job Details

• Position Description: Provide individualized nursing care of critically ill, adolescent (16+) through geriatric medical/surgical patients. Strong critical thinking skills required to analyze data and respond to changing situations, including interpreting hemodynamic monitoring results and anticipating patient complications. Utilize technology to enhance patient care, collaborate with physicians and healthcare workers, delegate, and supervise unlicensed personnel.
• Certifications, Education, and Experience Requirements: Valid SD RN or multistate compact RN License; BLS & ACLS certifications required; minimum of 2 years of ICU experience preferred; prior Med/Surg or Emergency Department experience a plus.
• Schedule: Work 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Rotation includes every other weekend and holiday rotation. Work hours are either 7:00 am to 7:30 pm or 7:00 pm to 7:30 am, with floating to other units/departments as needed.
• Additional Information: The unit has 8 private rooms, with nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:1 or 1:2 for critical care patients, and 1:4 for Med/Surg overflow. Two days of hospital orientation and 1-2 days ofunit-specific orientation provided. Cation can be canceled up to 12 hours every 13 weeks.

Benefits

• The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits