Cardiac Stepdown | Registered Nurse

Travel Cardiac Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) – Progressive Care Contract in Peoria, Illinois

Apply for a 13-week travel nursing job in Peoria, Illinois, providing high-acuity care as a Cardiac Stepdown, Progressive Care, or Intermediate Care Registered Nurse (RN). Strengthen your ICU-level skills while caring for medically complex, neurological, surgical, trauma, and cardiac patients on a collaborative acute-care team.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Specialty: Cardiac Stepdown / Progressive Care / Intermediate Care Registered Nurse
• Location: Peoria, Illinois 61637
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,130–$2,250
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Start Date: October 26, 2026
• Schedule: 36 hours per week; three 12-hour shifts
• Shift: 12-hour shifts, with day or night assignment based on unit needs; typical times are 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday Requirement: Every other holiday rotation, including the companion day for major holidays
• Patient Assignment: Typically 3 patients per nurse
• Charting: EPIC
• Floating: May float first to other stepdown or general medical units; ICU floating may be available for nurses with extensive ICU experience

Cardiac Stepdown RN Job Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in Illinois, or confirmation that the Illinois RN license application process has been initiated
• At least 1 year of recent ICU, progressive care, intermediate care, or cardiac stepdown nursing experience
• Experience caring for a 2:1 or 3:1 nurse-to-patient ratio in a high-acuity setting; progressive care or telemetry-only experience is not sufficient
• Recent experience caring for tracheostomy and ventilator patients
• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• Ability to manage complex medical, neurological, surgical, trauma, and cardiac patients
• Demonstrated competency with titratable intravenous medications and high-acuity cardiac and respiratory monitoring

Travel Registered Nurse Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care for patients with cardiac, respiratory, neurological, medical, surgical, and trauma conditions
• Manage patients with COPD, CHF, sepsis, renal failure, liver failure, pancreatitis, GI bleeding, DKA, stroke, seizures, complex pneumonia, and post-operative conditions
• Care for patients with tracheostomies, ventilators, BiPAP, CPAP, chest tubes, G-tubes, NG tubes, PICC lines, central lines, and arterial lines
• Titrate and monitor medications such as Cardene, Cardizem, amiodarone, dobutamine, heparin, and select low-dose vasopressors according to clinical protocols
• Interpret patient assessments and confirm telemetry findings in collaboration with monitor technicians
• Recognize changes in patient condition and promptly communicate concerns to the interdisciplinary care team
• Maintain accurate documentation in EPIC and provide safe, patient-centered handoffs
• Collaborate with patient care technicians, charge nurses, providers, and other members of the care team to support quality outcomes
• Adapt to floating assignments while providing care appropriate to the assigned level of acuity

Travel Nursing in Peoria, Illinois

Join a collaborative acute-care team in welcoming Central Illinois. This Peoria travel nursing assignment offers access to a riverfront community, cultural attractions, and an accessible lifestyle while helping you expand your progressive-care and ICU-level nursing experience.

Apply now for this Cardiac Stepdown RN travel contract in Peoria, Illinois.

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.