Travel Registered Nurse - Telemetry - Kankakee, IL
- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:5 to 1:6
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- Driver's license
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $2,168 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel telemetry nurse assignments post a median of $2,120 a week, the middle half $1,930 to $2,306, across 1,305 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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- Nurse staffing committee or plan: Illinois hospitals must run a nursing care committee and follow a written unit-by-unit staffing plan with minimum nurse-to-patient needs. 210 ILCS 85/10.10(c)(1) (source: 210 ILCS 85/10.10(c)(1))
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 30 Nov 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,168 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25.03 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Telemetry - This day-shift position provides care for patients with cardiac, respiratory, neurological, and other acute medical conditions in a medical telemetry setting. The role includes cardiac monitoring, post-cardiac catheterization recovery care, medication administration, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shifts, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: Current Illinois nursing license in hand; valid driver’s license; minimum of 1 year of experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; and EPIC experience.
- Preferred Qualifications: Previous travel nursing experience.
- Additional Information:
- Medical telemetry unit with approximately 31 beds and a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:5–6.
- Experience with radial band and femoral cardiac catheterization recovery is required.
- Common patient conditions include congestive heart failure, stroke, chest pain, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, detoxification needs, and other cardiac conditions.
- Registered nurses interpret telemetry with support from a centralized telemetry technician.
- Common medications and infusions include furosemide, heparin, bumetanide, pantoprazole, and octreotide.
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) equipment may be used intermittently.
- Weekend and holiday coverage is required every other occurrence.
- No call or standby requirement.
- Unit orientation consists of one 12-hour shift.
- Caribbean-colored scrubs are required.
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 6 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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