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Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical With Telemetry - Alton, IL

Cross Country Healthcare logoCross Country Healthcare$2,104/wkContractPosted 5d agoStill open, checked every night

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This assignment posts $2,104 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel registered nurse assignments post a median of $2,082 a week, the middle half $1,896 to $2,301, across 1,286 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, 12 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 7 Dec 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,104 a week in all, a taxable rate of $23.24 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical With Telemetry, Alton, Illinois. This position provides care for acutely ill adult and geriatric patients with medical, surgical, infectious disease, and non-acute cardiac conditions requiring telemetry monitoring. Responsibilities include neurological assessments, pre- and post-procedure care, cardiac rhythm interpretation, and management of non-titrating cardiac infusions.

Job Details

  • Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts weekly, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, for a minimum of 36 hours per week; no call or weekend shifts.
  • Required Qualifications:
  • Registered Nurse with at least one year of experience.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications.
  • Experience providing care to adult and geriatric patients in a medical-surgical or telemetry setting.
  • Experience with electronic health record charting.
  • Ability to care for a typical nighttime patient ratio of 1:5.
  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification.
  • Experience with Epic charting.
  • Float: Float rotation may be required.
  • Additional Information:
  • Acute medical unit caring for adult and geriatric medical, surgical, infectious disease, and telemetry patients.
  • Typical daily census of 16–18 patients with 24 beds.
  • Responsibilities include cardiac rhythm interpretation, management of non-titrating cardiac and vasoactive infusions, central and peripheral line care, blood product administration, neurological assessments, and stroke or transient ischemic attack care.
  • Care may include pre- and post-procedure evaluation, wound care, feeding tube management, chest tube management, respiratory support, renal failure care, and intravenous therapy.
  • First-time travelers are accepted.
  • Support services include physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and unit clerical support.

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 for Alton, IL, 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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