Travel Critical Care Float RN - $2,113 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: 17 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: 17 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Critical Care ICU Float Pool position requiring at least 2 years of ICU experience and prior travel nursing experience.

Details

• Work in a teaching hospital's Critical Care Float Pool
• Night shift schedule with 3x12 hour shifts from 19:00 to 07:30
• Float to a variety of ICUs based on staffing needs and patient acuity, including Neuro ICU, Surgical ICUs, Medical ICUs, Cardiology/Diagnostics, CVICU, SICU, and NCCU
• Floating required within units of equivalent or lower acuity
• Uses Epic EMR

Requirements

• Active OH or compact RN license required in hand at time of submission
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Previous travel nursing experience required
• Current certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS
• Proficiency with Epic EMR required
• Required skills: IV starts, telemetry monitoring, and ventilator management experience
• 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; Charge RN acceptable for second reference; no coworker references accepted

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing support across multiple ICU specialties as part of a float pool team
• Skills utilized may include IV therapy, arterial line management, central line and PICC line care, blood product administration, ventilator management, ABG interpretation, and titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
• May assist with chest tube insertion/removal, EVD and ICP monitoring, CVA/acute stroke management, and cardiac dysrhythmia management
• Locals are accepted at the same rate
• RTO must be submitted with the application and built into the contract, limited to 7 days or less
• Former employees are eligible for a travel assignment once away from the facility for 6 months or more
• Current employees are ineligible to be hired as a traveler at this health system
• Candidates must complete Ohio fingerprinting requirements promptly upon signing contract, either by driving to an in-state location or completing a mailed fingerprinting packet

American Traveler Job ID #P-730822. 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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