Registered Nurse - ICU

Rapid City, SD · Monument Health Rapid City Hospital

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Weekly pay

$2813.36 to $2997.96 weekly

15 weeks48 hrs/weekNightICU / Critical Care

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Contract details

CLINICAL INTERVIEW-MANAGER APPROVAL General Information
Beds: 39 - MICU, SICU, CICU, TICU - mixed unit- All one ICU divided into pods- would not float into CVICU side unless experienced in that unit/specialty
Minimal

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
Will you accept a first-time traveler? No. Minimum one prior travel assignment.
Travelers must live 100 miles away from any Monument Health facility
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
Required

BLS
ACLS
NIHSS
TNCC (REQUIRED) - please decline travelers that would not be willing to obtain this certification prior to arrival
Required

Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
Skills required:
Epic experience
Comfortability working a 48hr/week contract - if candidate is not interested in 48h/week contract, please send for manager approval
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
PCU RN qualified to float to ICU
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
Please ask traveler to describe a time when they exceeded a leaders expectations and share this information in your offer email.
Support on the Unit:
CNA: 1-2 Nurse Aides per unit + mobility float aide
Charge nurse: 2 CRNs oversee all ICUs
Phlebotomy? Yes, peripheral blood draws only
IV/VAT Team? ICU CRNs place all midlines
Resource Nurse: Yes, staffing dependent
RT: Yes, 24/7
Physicians: 3 Intensivists on days, 2 on nights + APP on nights
Charting System:
Epic - REQUIRED FOR ED & ICU
Alaris- (Will be switching to Baxter Pumps by October)
Omnicell
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) 8-hour orientation period for department orientation and iLearns
(1) 4-hour orientation period to complete iLearns
(2) 12-hour shifts of floor orientation
(1) additional 12-hour shift (independent) for 48 GH travelers to meet required hours
Scheduling:
Weekend rotation: Try for every other weekend, this is not guaranteed though.
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:
Could be expected to precept students
Scrub Color: Navy
Free Parking? Yes

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