What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel RN - Acute Dialysis position at American Traveler?
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Days, 4x10hrs
- Hours: 40 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Jun 22, 2026
- Length: 13 weeks
- Openings: 1
Description
American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for an Acute Dialysis position at a Level II Trauma center in Decatur, IL, requiring a minimum of 1 year of acute inpatient dialysis experience and an active IL RN license.
Details
- Acute care inpatient hospital setting with a 2-room, 4-bed dialysis unit
- Average daily census of 3–6 patients
- Patient population includes acute renal failure, acute kidney injury (AKI), hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis cases
- Dialysis treatment skills required: administration of blood/blood products, Mannitol/albumin/23.4% NaCl, blood flow rates (Qb), dialysate flow rates (Qd), peritoneal catheter malfunction, vascular access malfunction, and venous pressure management
- Equipment experience required: B. Braun Dialog machine
- Vascular access skills required: cannulation of AV grafts and AV fistulas, as well as tunneled and non-tunneled catheter management
- Machine alarm troubleshooting required: arterial pressure, blood leak detector, conductivity, and venous pressure alarms
- Symptom management experience required: air emboli, cardiac arrest, chest pain, clotted access/poor blood flow, disequilibrium syndrome, filter blood leak, fluid overload, hyperkalemia, hypotension, muscle cramps, pyrogenic reaction, and seizures
- Additional clinical skills required: airway management, blood glucose monitoring, and infection control
- Charting via Cerner (experience preferred)
- Day shift schedule: 4x10-hour shifts, 0700–1730
- On-call required: 2–3 overnight calls per week; every third Saturday on call through Monday at 0700; 1-hour response time required for call
- Unit is closed Sundays; weekend on-call nurse covers emergent cases only
- Floating within the hospital or to an affiliate facility is required of all travelers
- Free parking available on-site (permit required)
Requirements
- Active IL RN license required prior to consideration
- Active BLS certification required (AHA or Red Cross accepted; RQI cards not accepted)
- ACLS certification preferred
- Minimum 1 year of acute care inpatient dialysis experience required
- Experience with acute renal failure, AKI, hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis required
- Experience with B. Braun Dialog dialysis equipment required
- Cerner EMR experience preferred
- Teaching hospital, community hospital, and/or Level I or II trauma center experience preferred
- SSN and DOB required for consideration
- All required licenses and certifications must be active at time of consideration
Additional Information
- 13-week contract
- First-time travelers are welcome to apply
- Local candidates are accepted; no radius restriction applies for this role
- Former permanent or PRN employees of the Memorial Hospital System must have been separated for at least 12 months before being considered as a traveler
- Travel pairs are not accepted
- Candidates must be prepared to work 2 out of 3 major holidays
- RTO of up to 5 days is generally accommodated; requests exceeding 5 days require facility approval
- Scrubs are provided for this role
- Level II Trauma center with 372 staffed beds