Travel Critical Care Float Pool RN - $2,246 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Critical Care Float for a travel nursing job in Columbus, Ohio.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Critical Care Float
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/14/2026
• Duration: 17 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Dec 14, 2026
• Length: 17 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Critical Care Float RN with 2+ years of ICU experience and OH or compact RN licensure to support multiple ICUs at a teaching hospital.

Details

• Critical Care Float Pool position floating across all ICUs including MICU, SICU, NCCU, CVICU, Neuro ICU, and Cardiology/Diagnostics
• Cares for complex critical care patients including transplant patients (kidney, liver, lung, heart)
• Day shift schedule, 3x12 hours (7:00 AM - 7:30 PM), 36 hours/week, including weekend days (Sat/Sun) plus one weekday
• May float throughout the broader organization if no critical care need exists
• Required to float to different units within the OSU organization as needed

Requirements

• Active RN license, compact or Ohio state license required and must be in hand at time of consideration
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required, with flexibility to float to all critical care units
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program
• Travel experience required
• Skills required include IV therapy, central line and PICC line management, arterial line management, blood product administration, ventilator management, ABG interpretation, chest tube assistance, EVD and ICP monitoring, CVA/stroke management, titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips, continuous IV sedation, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and 12-lead EKG acquisition
• Experience with post cardiac surgery patients (not directly from OR) required
• 2 professional references required, with at least 1 from a manager/director or formal leadership role; a Charge RN reference is acceptable for the second; coworker references not accepted

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing support across multiple ICU specialties, adapting to varying patient populations and acuities
• Must complete Ohio BCI and FBI fingerprinting promptly after accepting an offer due to strict compliance timelines
• Fingerprint background checks include lifetime criminal history searches
• Local candidates are accepted at the same pay rate
• Former facility employees are eligible for travel assignments after being away for 6 months or more
• Current employees of any Ohio State University hospital location are ineligible for traveler positions
• RTO must be submitted and built into the contract prior to starting, limited to 7 days or less

American Traveler Job ID #P-777339. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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