Travel Registered Nurse - Intermediate Care Unit - Springfield, IL

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 7 Dec 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,125 a week in all, a taxable rate of $23.83 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intermediate Care Unit. This position provides care for adult patients in a fast-paced intermediate care setting with a typical 1:4 patient ratio and diverse diagnoses. The role requires advanced telemetry, cardiac, neurological, respiratory, renal, and post-surgical care experience, along with the ability to float within scope as needed.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week, typically scheduled as three shifts per week. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend. Assignment dates are 12/07/2026 through 03/08/2027.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum one year of experience; active Illinois nursing license; travel nursing experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; intermediate care, telemetry, neuro stepdown, or progressive care experience; experience interpreting and managing dysrhythmias, monitoring telemetry, and responding to rapid response events; experience with cardiac procedures and post-cardiac care; feeding tube care; hemodialysis management and renal failure; intravenous therapy, central and arterial lines, ports, blood products, phlebotomy, and peripheral and peripherally inserted central catheter care; cardiac and vasoactive drips, heparin protocols, patient-controlled analgesia, and procedural sedation; craniotomy, cerebrovascular accident, neurosurgery, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury care; orthopedic trauma, peripheral nerve block catheters, and total joint replacements; skin grafts and surgical drains; ventilated patients, chest tubes, continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure, high-flow nasal cannula, arterial blood gas interpretation, oxygen delivery, noninvasive airway management, and tracheostomy care; isolation precautions; and wound care and wound-vac management.
• Preferred Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; experience with Cerner; teaching hospital experience; and Level I trauma experience.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• First-time travelers are not accepted.
• The position supports adult patients with a typical 1:4 patient ratio and a daily census of approximately 34.
• The unit is fast-paced with high patient throughput and requires the ability to care for patients with tracheostomies and ventilators.
• Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and unit-secretary services.
• Solid-color scrubs are permitted.
• Annual influenza vaccination is required, with medical or religious exemptions permitted.

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