Premier Medical Staffing Services is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 08/10/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
- Experience required: 1.5 years PICU RN experience
- Required Certifications: RN: BLS, PALS, NIHSS
- 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: Physical assessment of patients, ages 0 Adult
- Skills required: Evaluate patient symptoms and associated vital signs
- Skills required: Administer medications as prescribed
- Skills required: Educate patients and families on plan of care
- Skills required: Proficient use of EPIC charting system
- Skills required: PICU experience ability to titrate drips and care for the mechanically ventilated patient.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
- Beds: 15 bed Pediatric Unit; 5 Bed PICU
- Patient Ratios: RN General Pediatrics - 1:5
- Patient Ratios: PICU: 1:1-2
- Patient Types: Will work through both Gen Peds and PICU
- Patient Types: Pediatrics: Patients 0-18 years of age and adult overflow (stable medical
s/p appendectomy, s/p cholecystectomy, cellulitis, etc.). - Patient Types: The diagnosis of these patients varies from respiratory illness, diabetes, septicemia, cellulitis, hyperbilirubinemia, neglect/abuse, mental health, trauma, neurology, and general surgeries.
- Patient Types: PICU: Patients 0-18 years of age requiring critical or intensive care services.
- Patient Types: The most common disease entities you may care for in our Advanced Care Pediatrics Unit include but are not limited to:?acute and chronic respiratory insufficiency, circulatory failure, infectious diseases leading to major organ system dysfunction, endocrine and metabolic disorders, neurologic diseases, toxic ingestions/exposures, trauma, hematologic and oncologic disease
About Premier Medical Staffing Services
Premier Medical Staffing Services, LLC is a nationally expanding healthcare staffing firm for healthcare professionals and companies. We understand our clients’ need for highly qualified, expertly trained medical professionals and are passionate about helping clinicians find employment opportunities that fit their personality and needs. Able to accommodate the ever-changing needs of the healthcare landscape, we offer per-diem, contract and direct hire placements to support the unique needs of each industry sector. Premier Medical Staffing Services is Joint Commission Certified, a Military Spouse Employment Partner and is certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise. We are proudly nurse owned.
