Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Harvey, Illinois
Ingalls Memorial Hospital

RN - Med Surgical

Location: Harvey, Illinois Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Position / Specialty: Registered Nurse, Med Surgical Ratio: 1:6 Schedule: Night shift, 3x12 hours (18:45 to 07:15), 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week Block Schedule: Rotating blocks of Fri/Sat/Sun or Sat/Sun/Mon. Every other weekend required. Does not accept changes to the block schedule. Offer Type: Auto offer Charting System: Epic

Required Qualifications

Certifications

• BLS (Basic Life Support). Only AHA provider and AHA RQI cards are accepted. Other RQI providers are not accepted.
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support). Only AHA provider and AHA RQI cards are accepted. Other RQI providers are not accepted.
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support), required for specific RN/unit positions
• CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute), required for ER and Behavioral Health clinical candidates
• State license verification, completed within 30 days of the assignment start date and checked on the state licensing board website when available. All disciplinary actions must be disclosed.
• NURSYS verification, completed within 30 days of the assignment start date

Education

• ADN or BSN and licensure

Experience

• 1 year in the specialty, or in a unit of comparable or higher acuity

Background Checks

• 7-year background check, completed within 30 days and updated annually. All aliases must be run. Checks must include SS trace, sex offender, county, national federal, national criminal, FACIS 3, OFAC (acceptable if included in FACIS III), and education verification. International checks are required for anyone who has traveled outside the country in the last 7 years. Attestations are not acceptable.
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG, completed within 30 days of start. Attestations are acceptable for pending searches.
• Work history verification covering 7 years of employment, fully completed 2 Fridays before start. Third-party or in-house verifications are accepted. Attestations are acceptable only after 3 contact attempts.
• Education verification through a third-party vendor for the highest level of education. Diploma or transcripts are accepted only if the school cannot be verified and include the school's information and valid credentials.
• Drivers license or state ID

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 1 year, updated annually. The physician's statement must confirm good physical health.
• Respirator fit test within 1 year of start, using a 3M 1860 (size S/R), 3M 1870+, or 3M 9205+. Fit test is not required for Monitor Tech.
• Tdap within 10 years, completed within 2 business days of signing the contract. TD is not accepted in place of Tdap.
• TB screening within 2 business days of signing. Negative PPD, QuantiFERON Gold, or T-SPOT within 1 year of start and updated annually. Positive TB results require a clear chest X-ray within the past 12 months and a completed TB questionnaire.
• Rubeola, mumps, and rubella immunity, within 2 business days of signing. Requires a positive IgG titer or 2 vaccinations given at least 28 days apart. IgM titers are not acceptable. Non-reactive or equivocal titers require a 2-shot booster series given 28 days apart before clearance.
• Hepatitis B immunity, within 2 business days of signing. Requires a positive IgG titer or a completed 3-shot vaccine series. Declination is allowed.
• Varicella immunity, within 2 business days of signing. Requires a positive IgG titer, 2 vaccinations given at least 28 days apart, or declination. IgM titers are not acceptable.
• Negative 9-panel drug screen within 30 days of start. Instant results are acceptable. Not required annually.
• Influenza vaccination for flu season (10/1 to 3/31). Declinations are not accepted. Religious or medical exemptions require facility approval. Candidates without approved documentation by 12/1 may be removed from the schedule.

Other Requirements

• Current resume covering the last 7 years of employment. Gaps longer than 30 days must be explained.
• 2 professional references
• Skills checklist for the assigned unit and any units the traveler may float to, updated annually

Preferred Qualifications

• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Certification)
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Procedure), recommended for Nursery, NICU, and L&D
• TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course), recommended for ER
• EFM (Electronic Fetal Monitoring), AWHONN Intermediate recommended for L&D

Additional Details

• Floating: Required
• First-time travelers: Accepted
• Local candidates: Accepted
• Pending licenses: Not accepted
• Time-off restriction: 7 days maximum
• Facility orientation: About 2 hours of modules, required before clearance and start. Modules are assigned within 72 hours of the signed contract.
• Badge photo: Required. Passport-style, forward-facing, plain background, no headgear.
• Exemption forms: Facility-specific religious and medical exemption forms are available for COVID-19 and influenza. Forms must be submitted at least 1 week before the document due date, as approval can take up to 1 week.