Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room - $2,606 per week

Malone Healthcare - Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/13/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, flexible
• Employment Type: Travel

• Level II Trauma Center

• Level III NICU

• Level II Pediatric Trauma

• On the Journey to Magnet Status Designation

• Primary Stroke and Chest Pain Center

• Teaching Hospital

• 417 Beds

• General Information
• Beds:
• 12 ORs - 9 ran Mon-Fri 0700-1500, will taper down throughout the day

• 20 Pre-Op bays

• 14 PACU bays

• Required Experience: 2 years of OR - Level 1 or 2 trauma experience

• Will you accept a first-time traveler? No (but may allow exceptions)

• Travelers must live >100 miles away from facility

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

• Patient Types:
• Surgical (Urology/Neuro/Ortho/Robotic/General/Podiatry/ENT)

• Pre and Post Recovery (Phase I and Phase II) with some ICU level care needed.

• Patient Ratios:
• OR 1:1

• Pre-Op 1:2

• PACU Phase I - 1:1 or 1:2, based on acuity

• PACU Phase II - 1:2-3

• Required Certifications:
• RN: BLS, ACLS

• 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:
• Ortho-Trauma (ORIF, Ex fix, Amputations), Neuro (Craniotomy, Spinal), General, Robotics (Davinci XI)

• Surgical experience in a tertiary care center

• Pre-Op/PACU (to include ICU skillset in PACU)

• Support on the Unit:
• Surgery
• RN/First Assist/Surg Tech

• Nurse Clinician

• CRN

• Service Line Lead x2

• HUC

• Scheduler

• Preference Card Analyst

• OR Techs x 1/case

• Anesthesia

• Pre-Op/PACU
• RN/Nurse Aide (6)

• Nurse Clinician

• CRN x 3

• Charting System/Equipment:
• EPIC- (may allow exceptions)

• Omnicell

• Alaris

• Floating: If yes, where?
• RN: As needed (PreOp/PACU/Floor) - if floated out of peri-op services, will be as helping hands

• Orientation: (facility and unit)
• All specialties: 1 week

• Scheduling:
• Weekend rotation - If position is posted as weekend only and on call, every 3rd weekend

• Call:
• Ideally, one overnight per week 7p-7a and every 3rd weekend Fri 1500 - Mon 0700
• this is subject to change as needs change within the department

• Sleep room will be in Pre-Op/PACU area as it will be closed

• Couches in break room

• 15 min response time

• Holiday Expectations: 2/4 major holidays

• Approval of time off? Reach out to Manager for approval. May volunteer low census without pay.

• Other notes or things you want us to check/verify?
• Scrub Color: Provided

• Free Parking - Yes

About Malone Healthcare - NursingBenefits

• Weekly pay
• Holiday Pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Pet insurance
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Life insurance