Location: Dickinson, ND

Start Date: 12-15-2025

End Date: 03-16-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Nights (schedule determined by unit director), 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM, 12-hour night shifts; nights, weekends & holidays as needed

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $61 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide expert bedside ICU care for critically ill adults, including ventilator management and respiratory support
• Interpret telemetry and cardiac rhythms and titrate vasoactive drips safely per unit protocols
• Manage arterial lines, CVP monitoring, and complex infusion therapies
• Perform rapid assessments and interventions for diagnoses such as DKA, sepsis, respiratory failure and cardiac instability
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team (RT, ED, MS) to coordinate safe transfers and patient care
• Document care accurately in Meditech and communicate clear handoffs during shift changes
• Coach and support patients and families through high-acuity care with compassion and professionalism

Qualifications

• Active RN license eligible for practice in North Dakota
• Minimum 1 year of ICU (or relevant high-acuity) nursing experience
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, PALS (TNCC or TCAR or documented trauma care experience also required)
• Experience with ventilators, telemetry interpretation, and titration of ICU drips
• Comfortable working without unit patient care tech support and able to prioritize independently
• Fit testing requirement: must pass facility fit test (no facial hair that prevents passing or ability to remove facial hair for testing)

Education

• Active RN license (state of practice)
• BSN preferred but not required

Knowledge & Skills

• Ventilator management and troubleshooting from nasal cannula to full ventilator support
• Telemetry interpretation and cardiac rhythm recognition and management
• IV drip titration and familiarity with common ICU vasoactive medications
• Arterial line and CVP care and monitoring
• Trauma patient care principles or TNCC/TCAR experience
• Strong teamwork, communication, and coachability in a small-unit ICU environment
• Meditech charting experience

Benefits

• Generous travel contract perks including travel reimbursement and housing stipend options to make your stay comfortable
• Competitive hourly pay with overtime and holiday differentials
• Licensure assistance and certification reimbursement to keep your credentials current
• Paid orientation to get you confident on shift (3 x 12-hour unit-specific orientation)
• Supportive team environment where coachability, teamwork, and clinical growth are encouraged
• Access to clinical resources and Meditech charting system experience opportunities
• Referral bonus program and opportunities for extended contracts
• 401(k) and other benefit guidance available through the agency

Travel Perks: Explore Dickinson, ND

Explore the wide-open spaces around Dickinson — enjoy local museums like the Dickinson Museum Center, scenic drives and badlands scenery, hiking and trail options including parts of the Maah Daah Hey Trail system, local dining and breweries for relaxed evenings, and easy weekend trips to nearby outdoor recreation and state parks. Small-city charm with outdoor adventure close by makes for great downtime between shifts.

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