Medical-Surgical RN
Springfield, IL
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical. This position provides nursing care to adult and geriatric patients in an acute-care setting. The assignment includes overnight shifts, clinical collaboration across disciplines, and care for patients with complex medical and surgical conditions.

Job Details

• Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts per week, 6:45 PM7:15 AM, totaling 36 hours per week. The assignment runs from 12/07/2026 through 03/08/2027 and includes every other weekend.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience
  • Active Illinois nursing license, or licensure application in process
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • Competency in blood product administration, peripheral line care and management, peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line management, isolation precautions, intravenous therapy, phlebotomy, telemetry monitoring, wound care, feeding tube care, colostomy and ileostomy care, heparin administration, and rapid response or code team procedures
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Adult and geriatric patient population
  • Average daily census of 21 patients
  • Common diagnoses include gastrointestinal bleeding, bowel obstruction, colon cancer, bowel resection, diverticulitis, cholecystitis, alcohol withdrawal, appendicitis, and pancreatitis
  • Clinical procedures include total parenteral nutrition administration, nasogastric tube insertion, tube feedings, heparin infusions, amiodarone administration without titration, and furosemide administration without titration
  • First-time travelers are accepted
  • No on-call requirement
  • Solid-color scrubs are required
  • Electronic medical record documentation is used

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits