Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,287 per week

Voca Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ED
- Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in Rapid City, South Dakota.

• Specialty:
  ED
  - Emergency Department
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  09/20/2026
• Duration:
  16 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

General Information
150-180 patients seen daily

Beds:

Main ED: 33 beds8 beds for Trauma/Resuscitation1 pod has 4 Behavioral Health rooms (can covert to Medical)5 pods are divided 4 rooms and a hall bed Vertical care: area that we can use - has a waiting room/holding area to start cares, or we use it as ESI 3 and ESI 4 patients  could also use it as our 6th and 7th pod (higher acuity) depending on the flow of the ED.

Minimum Experience:

RN: 2 years of ED experience EXCLUDING travel experience is most preferred

If they have 1.5 years of ED experience EXCLUDING travel and have 2 years of experience outside of ED, please have CRT send to management team for approvalLPN: 2 years LPN experience in any acute care setting (Medical, BH, or PCU, etc)
If they have 1.5 years of ED experience EXCLUDING travel, please have CRT send to management for approval

Will you accept a first-time traveler?

No

Travelers must live >100 miles away from any Monument facility

Permanent staff must wait 1 full year to return as a traveler

Patient Types:

Neonates Geriatric Minor to critical patients seeking care in the ED, to include but not limited to:
Sepsis, DKA, Respiratory Illness; GI bleeds requiring emergent blood products, and bandingHEAVY Trauma population
- Level 2 trauma center, we stay busy with trauma s particularly during the summer months. (Stab wounds, GSWs, MVC s, drownings and falls.)Complete Stroke center - can take a person with Stroke s/s up to 24 hours

Travelers are expected to take Sexual Assault patients and are responsible for evidence collection, in rotation with permanent staff they will not be doing pelvic exams. This would include buccal swabs, fingernail scraping, clothing collection, and interviewing of victims. There is a resource booklet they can use and they also have a SA Quality Coordinator, 24/7, who likes to be called at the beginning of each case and she will answer questions throughout the process.

The CRNs and other staff can also assist. Please confirm traveler is comfortable with this during the interview.

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit so we care for the critically ill child.

We do care for multiple cardiac patients and have a cardiac catheter lab.

Triage Nurse who must know sick from not sick and who to care for first. Know ESI assessments.

Prioritizing appropriately; critical thinking to know which patient needs are first.

Patient Ratios:

RN: 1:4-5

LPN: 1:4-5ED Tech: 1:10

Required

Certifications:

RN: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, TNCC and PALS all required; CPI or MAB/MOAB (preferred)
LPN: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, and PALS all required; CPI or MAB/MOAB (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:

RN:

Experience with all patient types above seek manager approval if a candidate does not have these patient type experiencesESI assessments during Triage Able to care for all level of patients, using critical thinking, good communication and willing to ask questions, prioritization of care

If traveler has experience outside of this specialty please include this is your offer detailsICU RN qualified to float to EDPCU RN qualified to float to ICULPN:

Primary focus will be behavioral health patients.

Secondarily will float through the ED helping with tasks within scope of practice.

Will potentially float to inpatient areas to tasks within scope of practice.

Support on the Unit:

ED Tech (Ratio: 1:10)
Lead Tech Charge nurse:
Day shift and Night Shift cover floor 24/7

Phlebotomy? Yes, 24/7IV/VAT Team? No

RT are always available in the hospital in the ED.The ED has 24/7 physician coverage; the hospitalist is used for admitted patients also 24/7 coverage; NP coverage 24/7 as well Radiology/CAT Scan Pharm Tech Security in unit Charting System/Equipment: EPIC please let CRT know if traveler does not have EPIC…