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Travel ICU Registered Nurse (RN) – Level I Trauma Contract in Rockford, Illinois

Join a high-acuity Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team in Rockford, Illinois, as a Travel Registered Nurse (RN). This 13-week travel nursing opportunity is ideal for an experienced critical care clinician who can manage complex trauma, neurological emergencies, burns, and critically ill medical-surgical patients. Work 12-hour night shifts in a Level I trauma acute-care setting while collaborating with hospitalists, intensivists, respiratory therapists, and a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Located in northern Illinois, Rockford offers a welcoming community with access to outdoor recreation, cultural attractions, gardens, and convenient connections throughout the region. Explore this Illinois travel nursing job and advance your critical care nursing career.

Travel ICU RN Job Details

• Specialty: Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse
• Setting: Acute-care, Level I trauma ICU
• Location: Rockford, Illinois
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,250–$2,370
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Start Date: November 9, 2026
• End Date: February 8, 2027
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12-hour nights, 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday Requirement: Every other holiday
• Call Requirement: None
• Charting System: Epic
• Orientation: Approximately 1–2 unit-specific shifts, plus required orientation

ICU Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse license in Illinois, or confirmation that the application process has been initiated
• At least 1 year of professional Registered Nurse experience, with recent ICU or critical care nursing experience strongly preferred
• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• Current ACLS certification from the American Heart Association
• Current NIHSS certification
• Strong clinical knowledge of EKG rhythm recognition and assessment of changes requiring intervention
• Demonstrated ability to manage ventilated patients and titrate common ICU medication drips
• Experience with arterial lines and central lines
• CRRT, EVD, and ICP monitoring experience preferred
• Ability to provide a negative drug screen and work in a drug-free healthcare environment

Critical Care RN Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care for critically ill patients with typical ratios of approximately 1:2–3
• Care for patients experiencing complex head, chest, abdominal, orthopedic, and burn trauma, as well as stroke and other critical medical-surgical conditions
• Care for patients receiving IV thrombolysis, thrombectomy, embolization, aneurysm coiling, CRRT, EVD management, and ICP monitoring
• Monitor and manage mechanical ventilation, CPAP, BiPAP, high-flow oxygen, and other common ICU respiratory equipment in collaboration with respiratory therapy
• Titrate and monitor common ICU infusions according to patient condition and established protocols
• Assess arterial and central lines, identify complications, and maintain line safety
• Recognize and respond to changes in EKG rhythms, vital signs, neurological status, and other indicators of clinical deterioration
• Collaborate with hospitalists, intensivists, respiratory therapists, patient care technicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary team
• Float throughout the hospital as needed, excluding the Emergency and Obstetrics departments; Med-Surg assignments are capped at a 1:4 ratio
• Participate in every-other-weekend and every-other-holiday coverage as scheduled

Apply now for this Travel ICU Registered Nurse opportunity in Rockford, Illinois, and join a high-acuity critical care team.

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.