Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry

GHR Healthcare - PH Division is seeking a travel nurse RN Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Kankakee, Illinois.

• Specialty:
  Telemetry
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  ASAP
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical Telemetry (Nights) | Kankakee, IL (60901)

Join a fast‑paced Medical Telemetry unit at an acute care hospital in Kankakee, IL as a Travel Registered Nurse (Travel RN) where your assessment skills,
telemetry rhythm interpretation
, and cardiac monitoring expertise make an immediate impact. This travel nursing job offers consistent night shift RN scheduling and the opportunity to care for a diverse adult patient population in Kankakee, Illinois (60901)—a welcoming community with access to the Kankakee River Valley, local parks, and convenient routes to the Chicago south suburbs.

• Job Title: Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical Telemetry (Nights)
• Location: Kankakee, IL (60901)
• Estimated Weekly Pay: $1,910–$2,010
• Setting: Acute Care Hospital – Medical Telemetry (telemetry‑level patients)
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks (Start: 02/25/2026
  • End: 05/27/2026)
• Schedule: 36 hours/week
• Shift: 12‑hour night shift
• Shift
  
  Hours:
  
  5:00 PM – 5:30 AM
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday Requirement: Every other holiday
• Floating: Medical floors/step‑down to care for telemetry‑level patients
• Unit Snapshot: 31 beds
  • RN:
  
  Patient ratios typically 1:5–6
  • Nurse aides available (approx. 1:10–12)
• Charting System: Epic (EHR)
• Scrub Color: Caribbean

• Experience: Recent RN experience in an acute care telemetry setting with strong telemetry rhythm interpretation
• License: Active Illinois RN license (must be in hand at submission)
• Certifications:
  BLS (required)
• Epic:
  Epic experience (required)
• Other: Valid driver’s license required for submission
• Preferred: Prior travel nursing experience
• Clinical
  
  Skills:
  
  Telemetry interpretation; post‑cath recovery care (radial band and femoral cath recoveries)

• Deliver safe, high‑quality bedside nursing care for adult telemetry patients, including frequent assessments and timely escalation of changes in condition
• Interpret and respond to telemetry rhythms; collaborate with centralized monitoring support as needed
• Provide care for common diagnoses including CHF, stroke, chest pain, diabetes, pneumonia, COPD, detox, and other cardiac‑related conditions
• Support recovery of cath lab patients, including management of radial bands and femoral access sites per protocol
• Administer and monitor ordered medications/infusions (including set‑rate drips such as Lasix, heparin, bumex, protonix, and octreotide) according to policy
• Coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and provide patient/family education to support safe transitions of care
• Float to appropriate units as assigned to care for telemetry‑level patients

Apply now to join our healthcare team for this Travel RN Medical Telemetry night shift contract in Kankakee, IL
.

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Planet Healthcare Job . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax‑free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title:
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