Registered Nurse / Telemetry

Job Summary:
Telemedicine Telemetry Nurse in Peoria, Illinois. This position involves providing specialized care to cardiac patients, including patients with myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, COPD, pacemaker/AICD placement, and other cardiac conditions. The role requires clinical expertise in telemetry monitoring, medication titration, and basic nursing skills within an acute care setting.

Job Details:

• Schedule: 12-hour shifts, with minimum of 36 hours per week, starting on 08/17/2026
• Required Qualifications: Illinois nursing license or confirmation of application process, BLS certification (AHA), minimum of 2 years of RN experience, experience with EKG interpretation, medication titration (e.g., Cardizem, heparin), all basic nursing skills, and ability to read and interpret Phillips telemetry monitors.
• Department: Cardiothoracic
• Bed Count: 70 beds
• Patient Ratios: Days 1:4-5, Nights 1:5-6
• Certifications: BLS (AHA); ACLS recommended
• Duties: Monitoring and troubleshooting telemetry, titrating drips, reading telemetry strips, and managing cardiac patients with various diagnoses such as MI, CHF, and arrhythmias.
• Team Structure: Charge nurses and house supervisors available 24/7; nurse aides/PCTs on duty with ratios of 1:8-9 during days, 1:9-10 during evenings, 1:10-12 during nights.
• Equipment: Vents, Cpap, Bipap, High Flow systems, Phillips telemetry monitors
• Floating: Float to general medical units as needed
• Dress Code: Any color scrubs, avoid children/cartoon prints
• Orientation: Typically one shift or part of one, based on prior experience at an OSF facility
• Shift Times: 0700-1930 and 1900-0730, every other weekend, holiday rotation included
• Holiday Schedule: Days and nights have specified holiday rotations including Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year`s Day and their eves.
• Additional Notes: No call or standby requirement at this time.

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

Other

As one of the leading suppliers of travel healthcare professionals and a Best of Staffing® Talent Award winner, Cross Country Nurses offers thousands of opportunities for healthcare professionals across the country. We have relationships with more than 2,500 healthcare facilities nationwide and offer excellent compensation and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry. Have the freedom to decide where you want to work and take your career where you want it to go when you travel with us.