ER RN
Chicago, Illinois
Provident Hospital of Cook County

RN ER

Overview

• Location: Chicago, Illinois
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night, 3x12-hour shifts, 7:30 PM to 7:00 AM (no block scheduling)
• Guaranteed hours: 36 per week (12 hours per day)
• Call: N/A
• Weekends: Every other weekend (2 weekends per month)
• Time off requests (RTO): Maximum 5 days, no more than 2 consecutive. No RTO on holidays, the day before or after a holiday, or weekends.
• Float: Mandatory float facility. All staff must float within scope at the facility's discretion.
• Local candidates: Accepted and preferred. Local candidates must live within 75 miles of the facility.
• Pending licenses: Not accepted.
• Parking: Paid parking garage directly adjacent to the hospital, about a 2-3 minute walk to the front entrance.
• Scrub color: Any color.

Required Qualifications

• License: Valid Illinois RN license, verified through NURSYS
• Education: Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience: 2 years of recent acute care experience in the Emergency Department (ED), including ED experience within the last year
• Certifications:

  • BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA only)
  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA only)
  • PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association
  • NIH Stroke Certification (NIHSS), accepted from AHA, Apex, or BlueCloud/AAMC, updated annually

Onboarding Requirements

• Background: Background check within 12 months of start covering the past 7 years, including all aliases, updated annually. EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start. An international background check is required within a year of start if the candidate has lived or worked internationally in the past 7 years.
• Competencies: Medication/pharmacology competency exam, general competency exam, and color blind test, each completed within 12 months of start. Facility training modules are required before start and take up to 2 hours on a computer.
• Health documents:

  • Physical exam within 12 months of start, updated annually, signed by a PA, NP, DO, or MD
  • Tdap within 10 years, or a signed declination within 12 months of start
  • TB: negative QuantiFERON-Gold or T-SPOT within 12 months of start. PPDs are not accepted. A TB questionnaire is required upon hire.
  • Measles, mumps, rubella: 2 MMR vaccines or a positive titer
  • Hepatitis B: vaccine series, titer, or signed declination within a year of start
  • Varicella: 2 vaccines or a positive titer
  • Negative 9-panel drug screen within 90 days of start. Marijuana is not required.
  • Flu vaccine or documented medical/religious exemption during flu season (10/1 to 5/4), with documentation due by 11/30
  • Fit testing for N95 masks within 1 year of start. An onsite PAPR is available for candidates who cannot pass a fit test, with approval.
• Facility forms: RN HIS form, facility rules of behavior, and Pyxis form (required for RNs at select facilities). Resource guide required for hospital candidates on or after 10/16/2026.
• Other: Bystander Intervention Training Certificate, employment application or resume, and references as requested