Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical With Telemetry - Marion, IL

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,179 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25.32 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical With Telemetry, Illinois. The healthcare provider seeks a skilled registered nurse for a 13-week night-shift assignment supporting neuro, neurosurgical, and medical overflow patients. The role requires strong neurological assessment, critical thinking, telemetry interpretation, and experience managing complex medical-surgical care.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Every other weekend and every other holiday are required.
• Assignment: 13-week assignment from 11/16/2026 through 02/14/2027.
• Required Qualifications: Current active Illinois Registered Nurse (RN) license; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS); American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS); associate degree or certificate; at least two years of strong medical-surgical and telemetry experience; at least one prior travel assignment; neuro experience; and recent EPIC charting experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree.
• Additional Information: Care is provided to neuro and neurosurgical patients, including those with cerebrovascular accidents, elective back and neck surgeries, and cerebral angiograms, as well as medical overflow patients. Responsibilities include neurological assessments, dysphagia screening, basic telemetry interpretation, intake and output monitoring, urinary catheterization, heparin infusion initiation and titration, blood and blood product administration, venipuncture, blood cultures, nasogastric tube care, indwelling drain management, and management of stable infusions. The role requires strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, resilience, adaptability, and effective collaboration. Navy blue scrubs are required.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits