Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department

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

• Specialty:
  ED
  - Emergency Department
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  11/16/2026
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, rotating
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

ER / ICU Float RN – Job Requirements

Job :  | South Dakota | 35-Bed Acute Care Facility

• RN
  
  Experience:
  
  Minimum 1.5 years of acute care RN experience. ED, ICU, or acute care Med/Surg experience accepted.
• First-Time Travelers:
  Accepted only with 2+ years of RN experience.
• RN License:
  Active South Dakota RN license or qualifying compact multistate license.
• Required
  
  Certifications:
  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • TNCC
  • PALS
• Preferred
  
  Certifications:
  
  NIHSS and CPI.
• Charting:
  Epic EMR experience required.
• Floating:
  Must be able to float between ER and ICU, with Med/Surg assignments also possible.
• Radius Rule:
  Must live more than 100 miles from the facility.

• General Emergency Department nursing experience.
• Critical care skills for ICU patients and ICU holds.
• Trauma assessment and management.
• Complex wound care and dressing changes.
• Strong nursing assessment and prioritization skills.
• Experience caring for patients with sepsis, DKA, ARDS, MI, stroke, trauma, and alcohol-related conditions.
• Ability to care for patients across all age groups, including pediatric and adult populations.

Details

Shift-12-hour variable

Guaranteed Hours-36 hours/week

Facility Size-35 beds

Emergency Department-9 treatment spaces

ICU-4 beds

Med/Surg-15 beds

ED Ratio-1:3–4

ICU Ratio-1:1–2

Med/Surg Ratio-1:5

Charting-Epic

Weekends-Every other weekend

Holidays-Every other holiday

On-Call-None

Scrub Color-Navy Blue

• Must be willing and clinically qualified to work in the ER, ICU, and Med/Surg.
• Up to 7 days of requested time off may be approved.
• Contract extension required for missed weeks (1 additional week for each week missed).
• Previous permanent staff must wait 1 full year before returning as travelers, subject to eligibility and internal reference review.
• Manager interview required.

Candidate Screening

1.5+ years acute care RN experience (2+ years if first-time traveler)

Active South Dakota RN or qualifying compact license

Current BLS, ACLS, TNCC, and PALS

Epic EMR experience

ER nursing and trauma care experience

Critical care skills for ICU patients/holds

Comfortable floating between ER, ICU, and Med/Surg

Able to care for pediatric through geriatric patients

Available for variable shifts, every other weekend and holiday

Lives more than 100 miles from the facility

As a Voca Traveler, you will gain new clinical skills, visit amazing places and meet awesome healthcare professionals.

As a travel health professional, your experience and dedication to patient care is in high demand throughout the United States. Whether you are a veteran traveler looking for your next opportunity, or you are looking to travel for the first time, Voca is here to support you. Voca’s experienced and dedicated travel team works in concert with you every step of the way.

Our long-standing partnerships with some of the most respected and recognized healthcare organizations in the country allow us to identify career opportunities to help you increase your knowledge and experience while working with some of the best physicians and healthcare professionals in the world. At Voca, we strongly believe a better career results in a happier you. We are here to help you find a position that is professionally and personally rewarding.

• Holiday Pay
• 401k retirement plan
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Guaranteed Hours