RN NICU (Rapid City, SD, 57701) | 04/08/26 Job Description General Information

Beds:

28; average census 13-16

Minimum experience: 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 Certifications:

BLS, NRP, PALS

; STABLE (preferred)

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:
  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?

Yes Award Offer Posted by:

Taylor Kuehl

• 1/21/2026 11:15

AM Approved RTO:

2/19-2/24