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Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Rockford, IL

Cross Country Healthcare logoCross Country Healthcare$1,995/wkRockford, ILContractPosted 2d agoStill open, checked every night

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How this pay compares

This assignment posts $1,995 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel emergency room nurse assignments post a median of $2,159 a week, the middle half $1,980 to $2,320, across 1,655 assignments, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.

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About the job

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 23 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,995 a week in all, a taxable rate of $21.54 an hour plus $1,219.11 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Emergency Room position supporting a high-volume, Level 2 trauma setting with newborn, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patient populations. The role involves 12-hour day shifts and requires experience caring for pediatric and psychiatric patients in a large, busy hospital emergency department.

Job Details

  • Schedule: Day shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every-other-weekend and holiday rotation required.
  • Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience in a large, busy hospital emergency department; experience with pediatric and psychiatric patients; Illinois licensure; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications.
  • Preferred Qualifications: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC), and Emergency Communications Registered Nurse (ECRN) credentials preferred.
  • Additional Information:
  • The unit supports a Level 2 trauma setting.
  • The department has 44 beds and manages approximately 200–280 patient visits per day.
  • Patient populations include newborn, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

  • Private housing or generous housing allowance
  • Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Competitive salaries
  • Referral bonuses
  • Travel reimbursement
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Direct deposit/free checking
  • Unlimited free CE credits

From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About Cross Country Healthcare

National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs

Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

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