RN | Inpatient Cardiac Unit
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc.
Monument Health RAPID CITY Hospital
Rapid City, South Dakota
As a Registered Nurse at Monument Health, you will be valued as an essential team member providing compassionate patient focused care.
Posted Sep 18 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Work assigned schedules and hours as determined by department Shift Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Inpatient Cardiac Unit · Hospital RN | Inpatient Cardiac Unit
- License
- RN license South Dakota Registered Nurse license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- South Dakota Registered Nurse license Check your license
- Certification
- AHA Basic Life Support within 60 days of hire or transferAfter hire · Within 60 days of hire
- Education
- completion of board-approved nursing education program Education - Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing
Preferred
- Education
- BSN Education - Bachelors degree in Nursing
- Experience
- 5+ years of RN experience Experience - 5+ years of Registered Nurse Experience
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Top of Rapid City staff RN payRapid City staff RN postings that state pay run $27/hr to $38/hr, the middle half $30/hr to $35/hr, across 38 postings.
- Pay differential
- Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Extra pay
- excellent pay differentialson qualifying positions
- Pay reviews
- determined by knowledge, skills, and experience of applicant (Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.)
- Pay reviews
- instant pay availablefor qualifying positions
Benefits
- BenefitsSupportive work cultureSupportive work culture
- BenefitsMedical, Vision and Dental CoverageMedical, Vision and Dental Coverage
- BenefitsRetirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending AccountRetirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account
- BenefitsInstant pay is available for qualifying positionsInstant pay is available for qualifying positions
- BenefitsPaid Time Off Accrual BankPaid Time Off Accrual Bank
- BenefitsOpportunities for growth and advancementOpportunities for growth and advancement
More benefits (12)
- BenefitsTuition assistance/reimbursementTuition assistance/reimbursement
- BenefitsExcellent pay differentials on qualifying positionsExcellent pay differentials on qualifying positions
- BenefitsFlexible schedulingFlexible scheduling
- Health savings account
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Opportunities for advancement
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
The role and schedule
- Unit
- Heart and Vascular Unit Department RCH Heart and Vascular Unit - Nursing
- Day to day
- collect comprehensive data pertinent to patient health or situation Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the Healthcare consumer’s health and/or the situation.
- Day to day
- analyze assessment data to determine diagnosis or issues Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or the issues.
- Day to day
- identify individualized expected outcomes Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the Healthcare consumer of the situation.
- Day to day
- develop plan prescribing strategies and alternatives Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
- Day to day
- implement plan and ensure patient progression
- Day to day
- coordinate care delivery Coordination of Care - coordinates care delivery.
- Day to day
- employ health teaching and health promotion strategies Health Teaching and Health Promotion - employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Day to day
- evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
- Day to day
- document nursing activities and patient care using applicable technology and software Support and document nursing activities and patient care.
- Details
- very heavy work exerting over 25 lbs constantly, over 50 lbs frequently, or over 100 lbs occasionally
- Details
- possible radiation exposure and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious substances Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances.
The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026 · ANCC.
- Hospital
- Monument Health RAPID CITY Hospital
- Address
- 353 FAIRMONT BLVD, RAPID CITY, SD, 57701
- CMS rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Beds
- 385
- Magnet
- Designated since 2023
- RN residency
- Monument Health NRP at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, accredited through Oct 2029
About MONUMENT HEALTH RAPID CITY HOSPITAL
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Cardiac has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
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Current Employees
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Primary Location
Rapid City, SD USA
Department
RCH Heart and Vascular Unit - Nursing
Scheduled Weekly Hours
36
Starting Pay Rate Range
$35.00 - $43.75
(Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.)
Job Summary
The right team of nurses is capable of transforming health care. Monument Health nurses are professional and passionate, and we support one another. Whether you are newly graduated or have years of experience as a RN, we are looking for positive, hardworking, and considerate Registered Nurses who thrive in a fast-paced work environment providing high quality care.
As a Registered Nurse at Monument Health, you will be valued as an essential team member providing compassionate patient focused care. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, and— most importantly— a life-changing career. You will make a difference. Every day.
Our Registered Nurses facilitate relationship-centered, compassionate, quality care to patients through competent clinical practice and the application of the healing and science of professional nursing. You will be an active contributor in the prevention or resolution of illness, disability or injury, alleviation of suffering, and advocacy in the care of individuals in conjunction with interdisciplinary teams of healthcare providers, family members, and support systems. You will exercise independent judgement in utilizing the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement, and evaluate direct patient care in accordance with ANA Standards of Professional Nursing Practice, institutional policies and procedures, applicable laws, and regulations.
Our vision at Monument Health is to be one team, to listen, to be inclusive, and to show we care. To do the right thing. Every time. If you share this philosophy, we hope you’ll join us.
Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:
- Supportive work culture
- Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage
- Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account
- Instant pay is available for qualifying positions
- Paid Time Off Accrual Bank
- Opportunities for growth and advancement
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions
- Flexible scheduling
Job Description
Essential Functions
Utilizes the ANA Nursing Process (2010) to perform the following functions:
- Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the Healthcare consumer’s health and/or the situation.
- Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or the issues.
- Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the Healthcare consumer of the situation.
- Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
- Implements the identified plan. Ensures patient progression along plan.
- Coordination of Care – coordinates care delivery.
- Health Teaching and Health Promotion – employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Consultation – the advanced practice registered nurse and the nursing role specialist provide consultation to influence the identified plan, enhance the abilities of others and effect change.
- Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
Follows the ANA Standards of Professional Performance (2010)
- Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
- Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice
- Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations
- Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues
- Collaborates with patient, family and others in the conduct of nursing practice
- Integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice
- Integrates research findings into practice
- Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services
- Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession
- Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner
- Supports purpose, vision, and values of Monument Health.
- Practices within the legal scope of a Registered Professional Nurse as outlined by the state in which employment occurs and delivers competent care consistent with standards / policies, laws, regulators/accreditation/certifying organizations.
- Abides by the Provisions of the Code of Ethics for Nurses (ANA 2010).
Proficiently uses applicable technology and software to
- Support and document nursing activities and patient care.
- Access other work-related applications necessary to be an engaged and active associate of the organization, such as company email, iLearn modules, employee engagement surveys, benefits and compensation information, and policies and procedures.
- Continuously seeks out opportunities to improve the quality of patient care delivery through innovative and creative problem solving.
- All other duties as assigned.
Additional Requirements
Required
Education - Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing
Certifications - Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 60 days of hire or transfer; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
Preferred
Experience - 5+ years of Registered Nurse Experience
Education - Bachelors degree in Nursing
Scheduling
Requirements
Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.
Physical
Requirements
Very Heavy work - exerting over 25 pounds of force constantly (67-100% of the time), and/or more than 50 pounds frequently (34-66% of the time), and/or more than 100 pounds of force occassionally (up to 33% of the time), and/or more than 100 pounds of force seldomly to move objects. Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances.
Job Category
Nursing
Job Family
Acute Nursing
Shift
Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department
Employee Type
Regular
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Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
What's around it?
Rapid City, SDFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,109/mo
- Household income
- $70,870/yr, all local households, not nurse pay