Job Description
iDEAL Hire is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Peoria, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Med Surg
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 06/30/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
General Job Duties
- Perform general nursing duties including:
- Assessments every 4 hours
- Medication administration
- Reassessment of interventions
- Assistance with activities of daily living (ADL) with tech support
- Blood administration
- Application of back and neck braces
- G-tube feeding
- IV insertion and maintenance
- Central line use and maintenance
- Pain management
- Dressing changes
- Oral care
- Patient turning
- Restraint management
Types of Procedures Required
- Patient assessments
- Medication administration
- Blood administration
- G-tube feeding
- IV insertion and maintenance
- Central line care
- Pain management
- Dressing changes
- Oral care
- Patient turning
- Restraint application
- Application of back and neck braces
Types of Patients
- All neuroscience patients, including:
- Neck and back spinal surgery
- Stroke
- Brain tumor
- Seizure
- Head injury
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Encephalopathy
- Spinal fractures
Equipment Utilized
- EPIC electronic charting system
- Vocera communication system
- Pyxis medication system
- Lift equipment (available in all but 5 rooms)
Required Skills and Minimum Years of Experience
- Minimum experience required for travel nursing
Specific Licensures and Certifications
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
Shift or Schedule Requirements
- 12-hour shifts, three days per week
- Every other weekend:
- Day shift: Saturday and Sunday
- Night shift: Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday to follow unit patterns
- Every other holiday:
- Day shift holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day
- Night shift holidays: Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, Memorial Day Eve, 3rd of July Night, Labor Day Eve
Floating to Other Units/Departments
- May float to general medical units, including:
- Nephrology
- Oncology
- Orthopedics
- Adult Medical-Surgical
- Surgical
- Rehabilitation
- Cardiac (5G)
Bed Size/Number of Rooms
Nurse-to-Patient Ratio
- Days: 1:4-5
- Nights: 1:5-6
Dress Code
- Scrubs (no specific color, must be matching and professional)
- Tattoos and nose rings must be covered while on duty
Unit/Department-Specific Training and Orientation
- 3-day orientation program:
- Day 1: Canvas training, introductions, and unit tour
- Days 2 and 3: Clinical orientation on the unit with a preceptor
About iDEAL Hire
iDeal Travel Staffing is dedicated to working with the best of the best in travel healthcare. The iDeal Travel experience involves layers of support from the industry's most experienced team.
Benefits to Traveling with iDEALHire:
- Dedicated Recruiter
- Dedicated Compliance Member
- Mileage reimbursement
- Weekly pay
- Referral bonus
- Benefits Start on Day 1
- Medical benefits
- Dental Benefits
- Vision benefits
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- License and certification reimbursement
- Immunization coverage
- Monitoring Credentials
Benefits
- Mileage reimbursement
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- License and certification reimbursement
- Weekly pay
- Benefits start day 1
- Referral bonus
- Vision benefits
- Dental benefits
Job Tags
Weekly pay, Holiday work, Christmas work, New year, Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work, Sunday, Day shift, Saturday, 3 days per week,