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Shift: Days, 4x10hrs
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Hours: 40 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Jun 22, 2026
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Length: 13 weeks
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Openings: 1
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.
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Acute care inpatient hospital setting with a 2-room, 4-bed dialysis unit
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Average daily census of 3–6 patients
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Patient population includes acute renal failure, acute kidney injury (AKI), hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis cases
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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
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Equipment experience required: B. Braun Dialog machine
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Vascular access skills required: cannulation of AV grafts and AV fistulas, as well as tunneled and non-tunneled catheter management
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Machine alarm troubleshooting required: arterial pressure, blood leak detector, conductivity, and venous pressure alarms
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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
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Additional clinical skills required: airway management, blood glucose monitoring, and infection control
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Charting via Cerner (experience preferred)
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Day shift schedule: 4x10-hour shifts, 0700–1730
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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
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Unit is closed Sundays; weekend on-call nurse covers emergent cases only
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Floating within the hospital or to an affiliate facility is required of all travelers
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Free parking available on-site (permit required)
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Active IL RN license required prior to consideration
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Active BLS certification required (AHA or Red Cross accepted; RQI cards not accepted)
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ACLS certification preferred
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Minimum 1 year of acute care inpatient dialysis experience required
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Experience with acute renal failure, AKI, hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis required
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Experience with B. Braun Dialog dialysis equipment required
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Cerner EMR experience preferred
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Teaching hospital, community hospital, and/or Level I or II trauma center experience preferred
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SSN and DOB required for consideration
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All required licenses and certifications must be active at time of consideration
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13-week contract
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First-time travelers are welcome to apply
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Local candidates are accepted; no radius restriction applies for this role
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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
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Travel pairs are not accepted
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Candidates must be prepared to work 2 out of 3 major holidays
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RTO of up to 5 days is generally accommodated; requests exceeding 5 days require facility approval
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Scrubs are provided for this role
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Level II Trauma center with 372 staffed beds
