Medical Surgical Unit - Travel Registered Nurse

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Shift: 6:45 AM - 7:15 PM

Experience:

• 18 months of experience with 3 months worked in the last 12 months.

• 24 months of Medical Surgical Unit experience.

• Experience with Cerner is required.

• Trauma Level 1 experience is preferred.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a Illinois license (required for submission).

• This role may require floating to additional units and locations

• Local & travel allowed.

• 12 months gap required between for Staff at Program: Aya Program - Memorial Health System - IL and no current placement allowed at Program: Aya Program - Memorial Health System - IL.

• 12 months gap required between for Per Diem at Program: Aya Program - Memorial Health System - IL and no current placement allowed at Program: Aya Program - Memorial Health System - IL.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.

You must be able to complete labs within 48 hours of signing.

Required Skills/Experience: Previous Charge Experience: Required MS/Tele experience required. Telemetry remote monitoring and use of rapid response teams experience required. Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management and renal failure experience required. Blood product administration, central line blood draw, peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, and starting IVs required. Heparin experience required. Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, CPAP/BiPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Nasal Cannula, non-invasive airway management, oral suctioning, and portable oxygen tank experience required. Isolation precautions and wound care/wound vac experience required.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Kidney transplant experience preferred. Urology/Nephrology experience preferred. Teaching hospital experience is preferred.

Special Requests: Ideally no more than 5 days of RTO.

Unit Details: Adult patient population. Continuous bladder irrigation, difficult urinary catheter insertion team, and post-operative care of kidney transplant patients. 50-75% urology/nephrology illness and surgical procedures as well as kidney transplant. Frequent kidney stones, enlarged prostates, cancer of the kidney, bladder, penile, and prostate, as well as complex bladder urology surgeries. End-stage kidney disease. Medical-surgical overflow with a variety of diagnoses including UTI, pneumonia, and cellulitis. Step-down transfers from ICU and IMC with a wide range of diagnoses. Busy unit discharging and re-admitting about a third to half of the floor per day. On rare occasions, may have up to 7 patients.

Shift & Scheduling: Every other weekend. No on-call required.

Floating Requirements: Float to other Medical Surgical units.

5 days maximum time off. Facility holidays: 11/26/2026, 12/25/2026, 01/01/2027. Number of holidays allowed off: 2

1 Manager/Supervisor reference required

1 Charge/Lead reference required

Proof of identification required

Certifications:

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: IL
• Certifications: Basic Life Support

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: 1/7
• Shift Type: Day
• Contract Date: 2026-07-20
• Expected Length: 13 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3