Travel NICU RN job in Chicago, IL - Make $2,887 to $3,118​/week (Job #3413424

Aya Healthcare has an immediate opening for the following position: NICU Registered Nurse in Chicago, IL.

We'll work with you to build the healthcare career of your dreams. Whether you want a job close to home or across the country, we've got you.

• Profession: Registered Nurse
• Pay: $2887 to $3118 weekly
• Assignment Length: 12 weeks
• Shift: Days
• Schedule: 4, 12-Hour 07:00 - 19:30
• Openings: 1
• Start Date: 08/31/2026
• Charting System: Epic

• Experience: 1 Year
• Required Certifications & Skills
  • Skills: Administration of blood & blood products, Anti-Seizure Medications, Arterial line management, Assist with lumbar puncture, Bubble CPAP, Central line blood draw, Central Line/Implanted Line Care, Feedings (bottle, breast, gavage), High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Insulin administration, Isolation Precautions/PPE, IV vasopressors, Management of Chest Tubes, Antibiotics/Antivirals, Blood glucose monitoring, Breastfeeding Support/Handling of Breast Milk, Developmental Care, High Frequency Ventilation, Hyperbilirubinemia, Meconium Aspiration, Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC), Neonatal Sepsis, Neonates <
    
    24-28 weeks, Oscillators, Patient/family teaching, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Neonatal Dosage Calculations, Neonates > 34 weeks, Neonates 29-34 weeks, NICU III, Nitric Oxide (INo), Oxygen Delivery Systems, Phlebotomy, Phototherapy, Placement/Management of oral/nasogastric/nasojejunal tubes, Respiratory distress syndrome, Seizure disorders, Sepsis Work Up, Steroids, Surfactants, Starting and maintaining IVs, Suctioning (ETT, NT), Telemetry - on the unit monitoring, Therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket), Thermoregulation, UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter), UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter), Ventilator management (AC/PC/SIMV/CPAP/BIPAP/PEEP)
  • Certifications: BLS, NRP Advanced

• Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital
• Charting
  
  Experience:
  
  Yes
• Facility Level Trauma: Level 1
• Magnet Facility: 1
• Facility Bed Count: 930
• Patient Ratios
  • Nights: 2
  • Weekends: 2

• Exceptional benefits, including premium medical, dental, vision and life insurance beginning day one of your assignment. Want to take time off? Keep insurance coverage for up to 24 Days between assignments.
• A generous 401(k) match.
• Paid company housing (we'll help you bring your pets along, too!) or a generous housing stipend, if eligible.
• Paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state, federal, and local laws. Aya's general sick leave policy is that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. However, to the extent any provisions of the statement above conflict with any applicable paid sick leave laws, the applicable paid sick leave laws are controlling.
• Access to unlimited continuing education units online.
• Licensure, relocation and other reimbursements, when applicable.
• Pay listed above includes taxable wages and tax-free expense reimbursements.

Aya is an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Employer and welcomes all to apply.