Travel Stepdown RN - $2,362 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Peoria, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Stepdown
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Sep 14, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Stepdown Care Unit position requiring ICU/Intermediate experience with trach and vent skills.

Details

• Acute care setting in a 20-bed Stepdown Care Unit with 8 private and 12 semi-private rooms
• Nurse to patient ratio of 3 to 1
• Care for patients with a wide range of medical conditions including COPD, CHF, DM, sepsis, renal issues, DKA, alcohol withdrawal, overdoses, pneumonia, and other respiratory conditions, along with some neuro/surgical/cardiac patients
• Manage patients on Bipap, Cpap, face mask ventilators, trachs, and ventilator-dependent trach patients
• Manage chest tubes, g-tubes, NG tubes, PICC lines, and central lines
• RNs are required to titrate drips including Cardene, Cardizem, Amio, Dobutamine, Heparin, and low-dose or infrequent vasopressors
• All patients are on bedside Phillips monitors with tele techs interpreting strips for RN confirmation
• Charge nurse and house supervisor coverage available on every shift
• 2 PCTs per shift, taking up to 10 patients each when unit is full
• Uses EPIC EMR
• 12-hour night shifts, 7pm-7am
• Every other weekend required, with night shift working Fri/Sat
• Every other holiday rotation required, plus the companion day of major holidays
• No call or standby requirements
• Travel RNs float first, potentially to ICU with extensive ICU experience, or to other Stepdown or Gen Med units based on required level of care

Requirements

• Active IL RN license required
• BLS (AHA) certification required
• ACLS certification recommended
• Minimum 1 year of experience required
• ICU or Intermediate (Stepdown) experience with a 3:1 or 2:1 nurse to patient ratio required
• Progressive care or telemetry-only experience is not sufficient
• Trach and vent experience required due to frequent trach/vented patients on the unit
• EPIC EMR experience

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care including drip titration, ventilator management, and monitoring of trach and vent patients
• Collaborate with tele techs for strip interpretation and confirmation
• Unit orientation includes 1 day for EPIC, 1 day with the unit educator, and 1 day on the floor with an RN
• Scrubs of any color are permitted
• Local candidates within 50 miles are eligible at a reduced local rate with no radius restriction on eligibility
• Negative drug screen required for all panels as part of OSF's Drug-Free Campus policy

American Traveler Job ID #P-749597. 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: Travel RN - Telemetry - Stepdown

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