Travel Adult Cardiac Intermediate Unit RN - $2,394 per week

GHR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Cardiac Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Peoria, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Cardiac Stepdown
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/28/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Travel Cardiac Stepdown Registered Nurse Job in Peoria, Illinois

Join a high-acuity cardiac stepdown team in Peoria, IL 61637, and put your critical care nursing skills to work in a fast-paced travel RN role. This 13-week assignment offers the chance to care for complex cardiac and medical patients alongside a supportive clinical team in Peoria’s welcoming riverfront community and established healthcare setting.

Job Details

• Setting: Acute cardiac stepdown unit
• Employment Type: Travel Registered Nurse (RN)
• Location: Peoria, Illinois 61637
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12-hour day shifts
• Shift Duration: 12 hours
• Hours per Week: 36
• Assignment Length: 13 weeks
• Start Date: 09/28/2026
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,130 - $2,250
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday Requirement: Every other holiday rotation
• Charting System: EPIC
• Orientation: 3 days total, including EPIC, unit orientation, and floor time

Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse license in Illinois, or confirmation that the application process has begun
• Previous experience caring for ventilated and tracheostomy patients required
• Strong skills in titrating drips and managing higher-acuity medical patients
• BLS required
• ACLS recommended
• Comfort working in a 3:1 patient ratio environment
• Ability to care for patients with cardiac, respiratory, renal, and post-surgical diagnoses

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, high-quality nursing care for stepdown patients with complex medical needs
• Monitor and manage patients requiring telemetry and bedside cardiac monitoring
• Titrate medications and drips such as Cardene, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Dobutamine, Heparin, and vasopressors as appropriate
• Care for patients with COPD, CHF, diabetes, sepsis, renal conditions, DKA, withdrawal, pneumonia, and other respiratory or cardiac concerns
• Support patients on BiPAP, CPAP, ventilators, tracheostomies, chest tubes, G-tubes, NG tubes, PICC lines, and central lines
• Collaborate with charge nurses, house supervisors, PCTs, and the interdisciplinary care team
• Float as needed to ICU, stepdown, or general medicine based on clinical experience and unit needs
• Maintain accurate documentation and communicate changes in patient condition promptly

Why Join This Travel Nursing Opportunity?

• Work in a high-acuity acute care environment that strengthens your critical care nursing experience
• Gain valuable travel nursing experience in Peoria, Illinois healthcare jobs
• Join a collaborative team focused on quality patient care and clinical support
• Build your resume with a respected cardiac stepdown RN assignment

Apply now to join this travel Registered Nurse opportunity in Peoria, Illinois and advance your nursing career!

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

GHR Healthcare Job ID #512613. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Cardiac Stepdown

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