American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Cardiovascular ICU position requiring current IL licensure and prior Level 1 Trauma Center ICU experience. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Sep 11
Shift and hours
12-hour shifts · nights · nights, 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Night shift schedule from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM36 hours a week
Unit and setting
ICU and Step-Down ICU units · Hospital Cares for critically ill cardiovascular, neurological, and coronary care patientscritically ill cardiovascular, neurological, and coronary care patients
License
RN license Active IL RN license requiredActive IL RN license
Current BLSCurrent BLS and ACLS certifications required
Certification
Current ACLS
Certification
NIHSS certificationNIHSS certification required
Education
Graduate of an accredited nursing programGraduate of an accredited nursing program with education verification required
Experience
2 years of ICU experience minimumMinimum of 2 years of ICU experience required
Experience
Prior ICU experience at a Level 1 Trauma CenterPrior ICU experience at a Level 1 Trauma Center required
Also asks
Education verification
What it pays
Against similar roles
Pays above most Illinois travel rolesIllinois travel postings that state pay run $1,790/week to $2,690/week, the middle half $2,000/week to $2,520/week, across 147 postings.
Benefits
Housing Perks
Tax Advantage Plan
Comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance
Weekly Payroll
Referral Bonuses
The role and schedule
Floating
Floating to Step-Down ICU requiredFloating to Step-Down ICU required
Day to day
Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team membersUtilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to provide patient care
Day to day
Administers prescribed medications and treatmentsAdministers prescribed medications and treatments according to approved nursing standards and policies
Day to day
Develops, initiates, and executes individualized patient care plans with physiciansDevelops, initiates, and executes individualized patient care plans in coordination with physicians
Day to day
Documents care according to established standardsDocuments care according to established standards
Day to day
Participates in unit performance improvement activities and shared governanceParticipates in unit performance improvement activities and shared governance
Day to day
Provides clinical guidance and support to other unitsProvides clinical guidance and support to other units in the patient's care journey
Day to day
Applies critical thinking to ensure patient safety and escalates concerns appropriatelyApplies critical thinking to ensure patient safety and appropriately escalates concerns
American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Cardiovascular ICU position requiring current IL licensure and prior Level 1 Trauma Center ICU experience.
Details
Work in the ICU and Step-Down ICU units of a Level 1 Trauma Center hospital
Cares for critically ill cardiovascular, neurological, and coronary care patients
Night shift schedule from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM
13-week assignment length
Floating to Step-Down ICU required
Requirements
Active IL RN license required
Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
NIHSS certification required
Minimum of 2 years of ICU experience required
Prior ICU experience at a Level 1 Trauma Center required
Graduate of an accredited nursing program with education verification required
Additional Information
Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to provide patient care
Administers prescribed medications and treatments according to approved nursing standards and policies
Develops, initiates, and executes individualized patient care plans in coordination with physicians
Documents care according to established standards
Participates in unit performance improvement activities and shared governance
Provides clinical guidance and support to other units in the patient's care journey
Applies critical thinking to ensure patient safety and appropriately escalates concerns
Neighborhoods+Locals map the city on an east-side hierarchy: east of Mulford is treated as the best in-city pocket, east of Alpine as merely okay, and east of the Rock River as the least desirable. Many nurses and families skip city proper altogether for Roscoe, Rockton, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago—named as nice communities within 30 minutes or less of Rockford—plus Machesney Park and Cherry Valley as family-oriented suburban alternatives. Those towns function as short-drive bedroom communities rather than a long metro commute.
Locals map the city on an east-side hierarchy: east of Mulford is treated as the best in-city pocket, east of Alpine as merely okay, and east of the Rock River as the least desirable. Many nurses and families skip city proper altogether for Roscoe, Rockton, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago—named as nice communities within 30 minutes or less of Rockford—plus Machesney Park and Cherry Valley as family-oriented suburban alternatives.
Those towns function as short-drive bedroom communities rather than a long metro commute.
Getting around+The average commute in Rockford is about 17.29 minutes, and daily life is car-dependent rather than transit-based, oriented around Interstate 90 and US Route 20. Roscoe, Rockton, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago are routinely described as 30 minutes or less from the city, which is how many professionals trade a short drive for quieter towns. Sources do not detail hospital-campus parking, shift-change traffic, or named bus lines to the main medical campuses.
The average commute in Rockford is about 17.29 minutes, and daily life is car-dependent rather than transit-based, oriented around Interstate 90 and US Route 20. Roscoe, Rockton, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago are routinely described as 30 minutes or less from the city, which is how many professionals trade a short drive for quieter towns. Sources do not detail hospital-campus parking, shift-change traffic, or named bus lines to the main medical campuses.
Outdoors+Anderson Japanese Gardens is a 12-acre oasis often described as one of the most authentic Japanese gardens in North America, minutes from Midway Village. Rock Cut State Park, just northeast of the city, is the default for hiking, boating, camping, and wildlife; smaller favorites include Rotary Forest Preserve, Sinnissippi Park, and the Sinnissippi Riverwalk along the Rock River, plus Klehm Arboretum. Summer means Volcano Falls; fall means regional apple orchards with festive activities.
Anderson Japanese Gardens is a 12-acre oasis often described as one of the most authentic Japanese gardens in North America, minutes from Midway Village. Rock Cut State Park, just northeast of the city, is the default for hiking, boating, camping, and wildlife; smaller favorites include Rotary Forest Preserve, Sinnissippi Park, and the Sinnissippi Riverwalk along the Rock River, plus Klehm Arboretum.
Summer means Volcano Falls; fall means regional apple orchards with festive activities.
Rockford, the Forest City on the Rock River, is a manufacturing-rooted midsize Illinois city where an $80k-$150k nursing salary stretches unusually far: median homes sit around $135,000-$136,785, rents are commonly cited near $778, and monthly housing for a single adult is sketched at $810-$1,180. What is distinct is the combination of that price, a roughly 17-minute average commute, and serious outdoor and cultural inventory—Anderson Japanese Gardens, Rock Cut State Park, Sinnissippi Riverwalk, the 1920s Coronado Performing Arts Center, Burpee Museum's Jane the T. rex, and Discovery Center. Locals are blunt about geography: live east of Mulford if you stay in the city; otherwise look at Roscoe, Rockton, Cherry Valley, Machesney Park, Byron, Stillman Valley, or Winnebago, all within about 30 minutes. Tradeoffs are real. Crime comes up constantly, shopping is mostly CherryVale Mall and strip centers, winters are sub-freezing and heat-expensive, and daily life is car-dependent via Interstate 90 and US Route 20. Dining has named keepers—Lucha, Embassy rooftop, Woodfire—plus downtown's Rockford City Market. For a nurse, the pitch is purchasing power and short drives, not nightlife density or urban polish.
