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Travel RN - Med/Surg

American Traveler

Chicago, IL

Posted Jun 16 · Not open to new grads

Shift
12-hour nights
Hours a week
36
Unit
Med-Surg
Contract
13 weeks

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
Weekends
Every other weekend
Term
13 weeks · starts Jul 7, 2026 · Travel
On the floor
Floating required
Practice
Cerner charting
Setting
Correctional
More role details
Accepts
RN
Experience
2+ years

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Against the board
Inside the IL travel range

IL travel postings that state pay run $1,800/week to $2,690/week, the middle half $1,980/week to $2,460/week, across 111 postings.

About this role

Assignment Overview Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Hours: 36 hrs/wk Start Date: Jul 7, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a Correctional Med/Surg position in Illinois, requiring at least 2 years of acute care and correctional experience on night shifts at a mandatory float facility.

  • Details
  • Correctional facility setting
  • Night shift

schedule

3x12-hour shifts, 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM Every other weekend (2 weekends per month) required Mandatory float facility — all clinicians are required to float at the facility's discretion, potentially to units outside their primary area of competency Charting performed in Cerner Free parking available on a first-come, first-serve basis Requirements Active, non-pending IL RN license required Current BLS certification required Minimum 2 years of recent acute care Med/Surg experience required Correctional nursing experience required 2 professional references from a supervisor within the past 2 years required for consideration Proof of COVID vaccination required — no exceptions Additional Information Navy blue scrubs required RTO is capped at 5 days per contract, with no more than 2 consecutive days off at a time No RTO approved on weekends, on holidays, or the day before or after a holiday No block scheduling or special scheduling accommodations available Floating may occur up to 50 miles from the primary facility, with as little as 2 hours notice before a shift; refusal to float may result in contract cancellation Local candidates within a 75-mile radius of the facility are accepted

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American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a Correctional Med/Surg position in Illinois, requiring at least 2 years of acute care and correctional experience on night shifts at a mandatory float facility. Detail…· from this posting

Requirements

  • Active, non-pending IL RN license required
  • Current BLS certification required
  • Minimum 2 years of recent acute care Med/Surg experience required
  • Correctional nursing experience required
  • 2 professional references from a supervisor within the past 2 years required for consideration
  • Proof of COVID vaccination required — no exceptions
  • Additional Information
  • Navy blue scrubs required
  • RTO is capped at 5 days per contract, with no more than 2 consecutive days off at a time
  • No RTO approved on weekends, on holidays, or the day before or after a holiday
  • No block scheduling or special scheduling accommodations available
  • Floating may occur up to 50 miles from the primary facility, with as little as 2 hours notice before a shift; refusal to float may result in contract cancellation
  • Local candidates within a 75-mile radius of the facility are accepted

Benefits

  • Free parking

Place

City
Chicago, IL
Median rent
$1,440/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024

Local household income
$77,902/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
4% above the national average

Chicago area index 103.6, where 100 is the national average.

Chicago delivers big-city energy with lakefront charm along Lake Michigan, world-class medical centers, and neighborhoods like Lincoln Park and Wicker Park that blend dining, culture, and community. Nurses relocating here will find a metro area rich in career opportunity, transit access, and Midwestern character.

Map showing the location of Chicago, IL
Approximate location in Chicago, IL. · © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap· Open the live map

Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

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