Encompass Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Chicago, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Title: Critical Care Registered Nurse (ICU/Telemetry Float)
Role Overview
We are seeking a versatile and highly skilled Registered Nurse to support our high-acuity patient populations. This role requires a clinician capable of floating between the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Telemetry departments. You will manage complex patient cases, utilizing advanced hemodynamic monitoring and the nursing process to deliver safe, evidence-based care in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Clinical Excellence: Perform comprehensive patient assessments, planning, and interventions for critically ill and telemetry-monitored patients.
- Critical Communication: Directly communicate with physicians regarding changes in clinical status, abnormal diagnostic results, and hemodynamic instability.
- Rapid Response: Demonstrate the ability to respond quickly and accurately to deteriorating patient conditions or adverse responses to treatment.
- Leadership & Advocacy: Direct and guide patient/family education and oversee auxiliary nursing personnel while maintaining rigorous ICU standards of care.
- Ethical Practice: Uphold strict patient privacy and confidentiality in accordance with 2026 healthcare regulations and facility policies.
Requirements
- Licensure: Active and valid state Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- Experience: Minimum of one year of experience as a staff RN in an acute care hospital, specifically within a Critical Care environment.
- Certifications:
- Required: Current BLS and ACLS (American Heart Association).
- Preferred: Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification.
- Health & Safety: COVID-19 vaccination and boosters are preferred.
- Flexibility: Must be willing and able to float between the ICU and Telemetry units based on facility census.
AVAILABLE BENEFITS
Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance through national carriers
Pet Insurance
Weekly Pay
Access to 401(k) retirement plans with optional employer matching
Direct deposit payroll and W-2 processing
Employee assistance programs (EAP) for mental health and wellness
Online employee portal for pay stubs, benefits enrollment, and HR document
About Encompass Healthcare Staffing
Encompass Healthcare Staffing matches elite clinicians with the facilities that need them most—nationwide—while championing each clinician with transparent, concierge-level support. Our years of experience make every assignment seamless so you can focus on patient first exceptional levels of care.
Benefits
- Employee assistance programs
- Vision benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Weekly pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- Sick pay
- Medical benefits
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Referral bonus
- Dental benefits
