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Emergency Department Registered Nurse (RN) – Travel Nursing Contract in Harvey, IL

Join a fast-paced emergency care team as an Emergency Department RN on a 13-week travel nurse assignment in Harvey, Illinois (ZIP 60426), a south suburban community within the greater Chicago metropolitan area. The area offers a welcoming, community-focused setting for travel clinicians while providing the opportunity to deliver high-quality emergency nursing care across three nearby urgent and emergency care clinics. Treat adolescent, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients in this diverse clinical environment.

Travel RN Job Details

• Specialty: Emergency Department Registered Nurse (ED RN / ER Nurse)
• Location: Harvey, Illinois, with rotating coverage among three nearby area clinics in the south Chicago suburbs
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,760–$1,850
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Start Date: November 23, 2026
• Assignment End Date: February 22, 2027
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12-hour night shifts
• Shift Hours: 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.
• Guaranteed Weekly Hours: 36 hours
• Weekend Coverage: Required
• Patient Ratios: Approximately 4 patients on days, 5 patients on nights, and 4 patients on weekends
• Orientation: 12 hours
• Daily Patient Volume: Approximately 86 visits per day

Emergency Department RN Job Requirements

• Active Illinois Registered Nurse (RN) license in hand
• At least 1 year of recent emergency department, emergency room, or urgent care nursing experience
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications
• Recent experience using Epic electronic medical records
• Experience caring for adolescents, infants, adults, pediatric patients, and geriatric patients
• Ability to rotate between multiple area clinic locations
• Strong triage, patient assessment, prioritization, and emergency response skills
• Ability to manage a wide range of medical, behavioral health, and traumatic conditions

Emergency Nursing Responsibilities

• Provide safe, compassionate emergency nursing care in a high-volume clinical setting
• Perform rapid triage, focused assessments, reassessments, and ongoing patient monitoring
• Care for patients presenting with abdominal pain, asthma, stroke symptoms, overdose, seizures, burns, infections, hyperglycemia, respiratory illness, and other urgent conditions
• Support the care of patients experiencing psychiatric emergencies, suicidal ideation, acute psychosis, violent behavior, or other behavioral health concerns
• Recognize and respond to dysrhythmias, multisystem complications, spinal injuries, orthopedic trauma, and other high-acuity presentations
• Initiate and maintain intravenous access, perform phlebotomy, obtain 12-lead EKGs, and administer emergency medications as ordered
• Apply splints, maintain isolation precautions and personal protective equipment, and support emergency interventions
• Identify and report suspected abuse or neglect in accordance with clinical and regulatory standards
• Document assessments, interventions, and patient responses accurately in Epic
• Collaborate with providers, radiology, and the interdisciplinary care team to support timely evaluation and disposition

Apply now for this Emergency Department RN travel nursing opportunity in Harvey, Illinois, and join our healthcare team near Chicago.

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.