Travel Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (RN) – 12-Hour Nights in Peoria, Illinois

Travel Medical-Surgical RN needed in Peoria, IL for a 13-week acute-care assignment with competitive weekly pay and 12-hour nights.

Join a collaborative acute-care medical-surgical team in Peoria, Illinois, as a Travel Registered Nurse. This 13-week travel nursing assignment offers the opportunity to care for a diverse adult patient population while strengthening your clinical experience in a well-supported setting. Peoria is a welcoming riverfront community known for its parks, cultural attractions, and convenient Midwestern lifestyle.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Job Title: Travel Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse
• Specialty: Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Location: Peoria, Illinois
• Healthcare Setting: Acute-care medical-surgical unit
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,130-$2,250
• Start Date: October 26, 2026
• Assignment End Date: January 25, 2027
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Schedule: 36 hours per week, typically three 12-hour shifts
• Shift: 12-hour nights, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend; night-shift weekend coverage is Friday and Saturday
• Holiday Requirement: Rotating holidays
• Call Requirement: None
• Electronic Medical Record: Epic

Medical-Surgical RN Job Requirements

• At least 1 year of recent medical-surgical nursing experience
• Active Illinois Registered Nurse license or Illinois RN license application in progress
• Current Basic Life Support certification
• Ability to provide safe, compassionate nursing care for adult patients with complex medical conditions
• Experience with telemetry monitoring, oxygen therapy, and heparin titration
• Willingness to float to comparable medical-surgical units as needed; no ICU or chemotherapy assignments required
• Strong communication, organization, clinical judgment, and teamwork skills

Travel Registered Nurse Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive nursing care to adult medical-surgical patients with conditions including gastrointestinal bleeding, sepsis, cellulitis, congestive heart failure, osteomyelitis, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and comfort-care needs
• Assess patients, develop and implement individualized nursing care plans, and evaluate responses to treatment
• Administer medications and safely titrate heparin according to established protocols
• Monitor telemetry patients remotely and recognize changes in patient condition
• Manage oxygen therapy, including nasal cannula up to 6 liters and stable CPAP or BiPAP as ordered
• Perform or attempt peripheral IV starts and collaborate with available unit resources when additional support is needed
• Coordinate care with providers, patient care technicians, respiratory therapy, phlebotomy, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team
• Document patient care accurately in Epic and provide thorough shift-to-shift handoff communication
• Participate in an approximately two-shift unit orientation and contribute to a positive, patient-focused care environment

Apply now to join this Illinois travel nursing opportunity and advance your medical-surgical RN career in Peoria.

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.