- Manager Interview
- General Information
- Beds: 28; average census 13-16
- Minimum
- 1.5 years (system requirement)
- Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes, only with 2+ years of experience
- Travelers must live >100 miles away from facility
- Permanent staff must wait 1 full year to return as a traveler
- Patient Types:
- Neonates - all gestational ages
- Level 3 NICU
- Diagnoses include, but not limited to: Low Birth weight, High frequency ventilation, nitric oxide, total body cooling, feeders/growers
- No ECMO, No cardiac surgery at this time
- Patient Ratios:
- RN: 1:1-1:4
- Required
• BLS, NRP, PALS; STABLE (preferred)• 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:
- Will consider 36 or 48 hour contracts
- Vent management, IV Starts, chest tubes, IV med titration, experience with Neonatal Resuscitation is preferred (CN will attend deliveries)
- Support on the Unit:
- CNA (Ratio: 1:10)
- Charge nurse: 1:25 - will attend deliveries
- Phlebotomy - RN
- IV/VAT Team - No
- RT- Yes
- Neonatologist (3 on staff) and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (10 on staff) - 24/7 coverage
- Transport Team - 24/7 - will be transferred out for surgery as there is no dedicated Peds Surgical Team
- Lactation Consultants
- Charting System/Equipment:
- EPIC - please let CRT know if traveler does not have EPIC experience so they can ask approval
- Alaris
- Med Dispensing: Omnicell
- Floating: If yes, where?
- PICU, Pediatrics, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery, Adult (Constant Observation Only) - (overflow on peds unit)
- Orientation: (facility and unit)
- General Traveler orientation and 1 day/1 night on unit
- Scheduling:
- Weekend rotation: no weekend rotation, traveler may work mostly weekends
- Will they be on call? If so, what is that schedule? Yes, only if placed on call for Low Census
- Holiday Expectations: Yes, 2/4 major holidays
- Approval of time off? If pre-approved by Management
- Other notes or things you want us to check/verify?
- Scrub Color: Navy
- Free Parking? YesAward Offer Posted by: Jessica Pyrtle - 7/31/2026 3:59 PM Award Offer Posted by: Jessica Pyrtle - 7/31/2026 4:00 PM