6 South Dakota Intensive Care (ICU) Jobs
Travel Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit
$2,999/wk
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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.
Required Skills/Experience:
- Minimum one prior travel assignment; first-time travelers are not accepted.
- If they have 1.5 years of ICU experience excluding travel and have significant RN experience outside of ICU, management approval may be considered.
- Experience with IV medications (vasopressors, sedation, paralytics), hemodynamic lines, proning, ventilator management, and telemetry.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- 2 years of ICU experience excluding travel experience is most preferred.
- Cardiac experience is preferred: CABG/TAVR; 24 to 48 hrs post-op experience is preferred but not required for travelers.
- Impella, IABP, and CRRT strongly preferred.
Special Requests:
- You can only have 1 active application for the same position (same unit & shift at the same facility). Example: if you apply for day shift, you can also apply for night shift on the same unit and facility, but you cannot apply for another day shift position on the same unit & facility.
- Travelers must live 100 miles away from any Monument Health facility.
- Permanent staff must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler.
- Requested time off will not be accepted between 8/5/26-8/20/26.
- No RTO during holidays.
- Up to 7 days; must extend to accommodate a full 13-week contract.
Unit Details:
- Mixed ICU with MICU, SICU, CICU, and TICU pods; all one ICU divided into pods.
- Complex ICU patients ranging from surgical, medical, cardiac, neuro, and trauma.
- Diagnoses include ARDS, MI, CVA/TIA, COVID, s/p cardiac cath, post-surgical, and multiple-system trauma; heavy trauma population.
- RN ratios: 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 (rare) - acuity dependent.
- Fresh open hearts are generally assigned to permanent staff; travelers may take them only if experienced and facility-approved.
- Peripheral blood draws only; ICU CRNs place all midlines.
- Uses Alaris pumps (switching to Baxter pumps by October) and Omnicell.
- Could be expected to precept students.
Shift & Scheduling:
- Weekend rotation: try for every other weekend, not guaranteed.
- No call.
Floating Requirements:
- Would not float to the CVICU side unless experienced in that unit/specialty.
- ICU RN qualified to float to ED.
- Not common unless overstaffed; could float to any adult floor, including Med/Surg/Tele with a 1:4 ratio.
ICU Travel Job Responsibilities
ICU healthcare professionals, including both nurses and allied health professionals, play a vital role in continuously monitoring patients' vital signs, responding promptly to patient changes and emergencies, and providing exceptional care to critically ill individuals. With their specialized experience, ICU professionals educate patients and their families about their conditions and treatments, offering support throughout the recovery process. Collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, including physicians, respiratory therapists, and pharmacists, is essential in delivering comprehensive and individualized patient care. Join the dedicated team of ICU healthcare professionals and contribute to the well-being of patients in critical conditions!
Intensive Care (ICU) Travel Nurse Jobs in South Dakota
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