Travel Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Please keep in mind when listing your start date availability, if you can start the day Monument Health is requesting, you are more likely to be selected for an interview or offer.

Expect someone with a 501 or 605 area code to reach out to interview you for this position.

Guaranteed Hour: 48

General Information Beds: 39 – MICU, SICU, CICU, TICU – mixed unit

Minimal Experience: 2 years of ICU experience excluding travel experience is most preferred.

If they have 1.5 years of ICU experience excluding travel and have significant RN experience outside of ICU, please have CRT send to management team for approval.

Permanent staff must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler.

Patient Types: Complex ICU patients ranging from surgical, medical, cardiac (preferred), neuro and trauma.

Diagnoses include but are not limited to: ARDS, MI, CVA/TIA, COVID, s/p cardiac cath, post-surgical, multiple system trauma – heavy trauma population.

Cardiac experience is preferred (not required): CABG/TAVR – 24 to 48 hrs post op experience is preferred but not required for travelers. Will not take fresh open hearts unless they are experienced, and the facility felt comfortable with this – given to permanent staff.

Patient Ratios: RN: 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 (rare) – acuity dependent.

TNCC (Required) – please decline travelers that would not be willing to obtain this certification prior to arrival.

Required Education: Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing.

Skills required:

Comfortability working a 48hr/week contract – this is not negotiable for this unit.

Experience with the above-mentioned patients.

If traveler has experience outside of this specialty – please include this is your offer details.

ICU RN qualified to float to ED.

Experience with IV medications (vasopressors, sedation, paralytics), hemodynamic lines, proning, ventilator management, telemetry, strong critical thinking and assessment skills, working well in team setting, comfortable in fast pace setting with all critical patients.

Impella, IABP and CRRT – strongly preferred.

Floating: If yes, where? Not common unless overstaffed. Could float to any adult floor – including Medsurg/Tele with 1:4 ratio. Confirm traveler comfortability during interview.

Orientation: (facility and unit) Hospital orientation

(1) 12 hour shift and (1) 8 hour shift in the ICU.

Scheduling: Weekend rotation: Every other.

Will they be on call? If so, what is that schedule? No

Holiday Expectations: No RTO during holidays Approval of time off? Up to 7 days – must extend to accommodate a full 13-week contract. No RTO during Sturgis Bike Rally (first 3 weeks in August every year)

Other notes: Scrub Color: Navy

Free Parking? Yes