ICU Travel Nurse

ICU Travel Nurse in Chicago, IL

This ICU travel nurse job in Chicago, Illinois, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel ICU Registered Nurse (RN) contract at John H Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. This role pays $2,128 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule. In this ICU travel nursing job, you will provide critical care in a hospital setting, assess and monitor patient conditions, support urgent interventions, document care accurately, and collaborate with physicians and the clinical care team during fast-moving patient situations.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.

• Facility:
  John H Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
• Location:
  
  Chicago, IL
• Contract Length: 13 Weeks
• Shift: Nights (3x12)
• EMR System:
  Cerner

• 2+ years of recent ICU experience.
• Must hold all required certifications and licenses as mandated by Illinois and national regulatory bodies.

John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital — the public hospital Chicagoans still call Cook County — runs one of the nation's busiest Level I trauma centers and cares for the city's most medically complex patients regardless of ability to pay.

• One of the nation's busiest Level I trauma centers; the trauma program averages about 5,500 admissions a year, roughly 35% of them penetrating injuries.
• The emergency department treats about 120,000 adults and children a year — high-volume, high-acuity work for ED and trauma nurses.
• America's first comprehensive trauma center built solely for the acutely injured (since 1966) and the only freestanding trauma department in the country — a demanding, high-acuity setting for trauma and critical-care nursing.
• An American Burn Association–verified burn unit (a 6-bed burn unit and 14-bed burn wound-care unit) treats more than 1,500 burns a year, including over 400 inpatient burn admissions across adult and pediatric patients — a specialty exposure that's hard to find elsewhere.
• A self-contained trauma footprint — a 15-bed resuscitation area and a 12-bed trauma ICU — keeps the sickest patients with the same teams from arrival through discharge.
• A 450-bed public teaching hospital that trains physicians, nurses, and advanced providers, with dedicated medical/surgical, ICU, NICU, obstetric, and pediatric units.

• Day One Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k)
• Relocation and Travel Reimbursement
• Dedicated team to help with state licensing & renewals
• Weekly Direct Deposit
• $1,000 Referral Bonus + $250 Bonus for Your Referral

Single-state license required. Illinois is not a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so you'll need a state-specific license. Our licensing team handles endorsement and renewals for you.

Hospital campuses line the Lake Michigan shore across Chicago, IL, from Northwestern Memorial Hospital to Rush University Medical Center. Emergency departments and large inpatient units run continuously through that academic footprint. Travelers weighing assignments often find contracts in Oak Park and Evanston, where many settle for the transit access. The CTA rail system ties many of the major medical districts together, so a lot of nurses skip the car and the parking entirely.

When the day winds down, a walk along the Lakefront Trail or a stop at the Art Institute is an easy escape. At the city's scale, the practical question is rarely whether there is work, but which corridor to commute to.

At Advantis Medical Staffing, we take great pride in our commitment to caring for travel nurses. We are dedicated to connecting nurses with the best travel nursing jobs nationwide, while providing exceptional service that fosters a trusted partnership for life. Our mission is to deliver the "Gold Standard" in service—not only by securing your first assignment but by advocating for your long-term career goals and well-being.