Travel Critical Care Float RN - $2,077 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: 09/21/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Sep 21, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Critical Care Float Pool RN for night shifts, requiring a minimum of 2 years of ICU experience and prior travel nursing experience.

Details

• Work in a teaching hospital's Critical Care Float Pool, rotating among Neuro ICU, Surgical ICUs, Medical ICUs (MICU x2), Cardiology/Diagnostics, CVICU, SICU, and NCCU based on staffing needs and patient acuity
• Night shift schedule of 3x12-hour shifts (7:00 PM to 7:30 AM)
• Floating required within units of equivalent or lower acuity
• Uses Epic EMR system

Requirements

• Active RN license (Ohio state or compact) in hand at time of consideration
• Current certifications required: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience strongly preferred
• Proficiency with Epic EMR required
• Required skills: IV starts, telemetry monitoring, and ventilator management
• Nursing education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program
• 2 professional references required, with at least 1 from a Manager/Director or formal leadership role and the second acceptable from a Charge RN (no coworker references)

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing services across multiple ICU specialties, adapting to unit-specific patient needs
• Skills may include IV therapy, central/arterial line and PICC line management, blood product administration, ventilator care, ABG interpretation, chest tube assistance, EVD/ICP monitoring, CABG and post-cardiac surgery care, cardiac drip titration, dysrhythmia management, and 12-lead EKG acquisition
• Must complete Ohio fingerprinting process urgently upon signing contract, including travel to an in-state fingerprinting location if within driving distance, or completion of a mailed fingerprinting packet if not
• RTO must be requested at time of consideration and built into the contract, limited to 7 days or less
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Former employees eligible for a travel assignment only after being away from the facility for 6 months or more
• Current employees of Ohio State University hospital locations are ineligible for a travel assignment
• First-time travelers may not meet preferred qualifications, as previous travel nursing experience is strongly preferred
• Parking permit options are available for purchase through the medical center's parking program

American Traveler Job ID #P-739162. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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