Travel NTICU RN - $2,520 per week

GHR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Rockford, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/26/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Travel ICU Registered Nurse (ICU RN) – 12-Hour Nights in Rockford, Illinois

Join a 13-week travel nursing assignment as an experienced ICU Registered Nurse in Rockford, Illinois, caring for complex patients in an acute-care ICU and Level I trauma environment.

Join a high-acuity intensive care team in Rockford, a welcoming community along the Rock River with convenient access to outdoor recreation, cultural attractions, and the greater Chicago region. This on-site travel ICU nursing job is ideal for a critical care RN who thrives in a Level I trauma environment and is confident caring for complex medical, surgical, neurological, trauma, and burn patients.

Travel ICU RN Job Details

• Assignment Type: 13-week travel nursing assignment
• Location: Rockford, Illinois
• Estimated Weekly Pay: $2,250–$2,370
• Start Date: October 26, 2026
• End Date: January 25, 2027
• Healthcare Setting: Acute-care ICU within a Level I trauma environment
• Shift: 12-hour night shifts, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
• Hours: 36 guaranteed hours per week, typically three 12-hour shifts
• Patient Ratios: Approximately 1:2–3
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday Requirement: Every other holiday
• Call: No call or standby requirement
• Electronic Medical Record: Epic
• Orientation: Approximately 1–2 unit-specific shifts
• Floating: May float throughout the hospital except the Emergency Department and Obstetrics; Med-Surg assignments are capped at a 1:4 ratio

ICU Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• ICU or critical-care Registered Nurse experience
• Current Illinois Registered Nurse license, or confirmation that the Illinois licensure application has been initiated
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications from the American Heart Association
• Current NIHSS certification
• Demonstrated ability to manage ventilated patients and titrate critical-care medications
• Recent experience with arterial lines and central lines
• CRRT and EVD/ICP monitoring experience preferred
• PALS certification preferred but not required
• Ability to interpret EKG rhythms and respond appropriately to changes in patient condition
• Ability to complete required occupational health and drug screening processes

Critical Care Nursing Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care for critically ill adult patients with complex trauma, neurological emergencies, stroke, post-procedure needs, medical conditions, and surgical conditions.
• Care for patients requiring ventilator support, CRRT, external ventricular drains, intracranial pressure monitoring, and other advanced critical-care interventions.
• Manage patients receiving IV thrombolysis, thrombectomy, embolization, aneurysm coiling, and related neurovascular treatments.
• Care for adult patients with complex burns and select pediatric burn patients, including patients requiring specialized burn care and dressing changes.
• Titrate common ICU vasoactive, sedative, analgesic, and other critical-care infusions according to patient response and clinical protocols.
• Assess, monitor, and maintain arterial and central lines while recognizing and escalating changes in patient status.
• Interpret cardiac rhythms using bedside and central monitors and initiate appropriate interventions or escalation of care.
• Collaborate with intensivists, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, rehabilitation professionals, and the interdisciplinary care team to support safe, evidence-based outcomes.
• Document assessments, interventions, medications, and patient responses accurately in Epic.

Apply now for this Rockford, Illinois travel nursing opportunity and join a high-acuity critical care team as a Travel ICU Registered Nurse.

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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 #528158. 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: ICU

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