GHR Healthcare - Travel is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Peoria, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Med Surg
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/09/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel Med/Surg Registered Nurse (RN) – Night Shift Contract in Peoria, Illinois
Travel Med/Surg Registered Nurse (RN) needed in Peoria, Illinois, for a 13-week acute-care assignment with competitive weekly pay and 36 guaranteed hours. Join a collaborative 63-bed surgical medical-surgical unit caring for post-operative, trauma, and overflow medical patients.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Location: Peoria, Illinois
- Healthcare Setting: Acute-care surgical medical-surgical unit
- Assignment Type: 13-week travel nursing contract
- Start Date: October 26, 2026
- End Date: January 25, 2027
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,130–$2,250
- Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
- Nursing Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts per week, 7:30 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend, including Saturday and Sunday
- Holiday Requirement: Rotating every other holiday
- Electronic Medical Record: EPIC
- Call Requirement: None
- Orientation: Two shifts with a preceptor plus a 12-hour professional and unit orientation
Med/Surg Registered Nurse Job Requirements
- Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in Illinois, or an active Illinois license application in progress
- At least 1 year of recent medical-surgical nursing experience
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association
- Recent experience caring for post-operative, trauma, and medical-surgical patients
- Strong patient assessment, prioritization, critical-thinking, and clinical communication skills
- Ability to provide compassionate bedside nursing care and work effectively with a multidisciplinary healthcare team
- Willingness to float to units requiring a comparable level of experience
Travel RN Responsibilities
- Deliver comprehensive nursing care to post-operative surgical, trauma, and overflow medical patients
- Manage patient needs including wound and dressing care, IV therapy, pain management, drains, NG tubes, central lines, and TPN
- Monitor patient status, recognize changes in condition, and escalate concerns appropriately
- Administer medications and manage ordered therapies, including heparin infusions according to protocol
- Support patients requiring CPAP or high-flow therapy in collaboration with respiratory therapy
- Provide safe, individualized bedside care while maintaining accurate documentation in EPIC
- Assist with activities of daily living, mobility, turning, ambulation, and patient education
- Collaborate with providers, charge nurses, patient care technicians, monitor technicians, respiratory therapists, and other members of the care team
- Participate in every-other-weekend and rotating holiday coverage as scheduled
Why Choose This Illinois Travel Nursing Job?
- Work in a well-supported surgical acute-care environment with dedicated charge nurses and 24/7 house supervisor coverage
- Gain experience with a broad range of post-operative, trauma, and complex medical-surgical patient needs
- Enjoy a structured orientation designed to help you transition confidently into the unit
- Practice alongside patient care technicians, respiratory therapy, monitor technicians, and an experienced nursing team
- Explore Peoria’s welcoming community, riverfront, local arts and entertainment, parks, and central Illinois attractions during your time off
Apply now to join this acute-care travel nursing team and start your next Med/Surg RN contract in Peoria, Illinois.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
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 - Travel Job ID #525934. 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: Med/Surg
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