Travel ICU Registered Nurse – Critical Care Float - $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 Float Pool position at a teaching hospital, requiring ventilator management and telemetry experience with night shift availability.

Details

• Critical Care Float Pool position within a teaching hospital setting
• Floats across multiple ICUs based on staffing and patient acuity, including Neuro ICU, Surgical ICUs, Medical ICUs (MICU x2), Cardiology/Diagnostics, CVICU, SICU, and NCCU
• Floating required within units of equivalent or lower acuity
• Night shift schedule with 3x12-hour shifts (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM)
• Uses Epic EMR system

Requirements

• Active RN license (Ohio state or compact) required in hand at time of consideration
• Current certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Proficiency with Epic EMR required
• Skilled in IV starts, telemetry monitoring, and ventilator management
• Previous travel nursing experience strongly preferred
• Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program
• 2 professional references required, with at least one from a Manager/Director or Supervisor; Charge RN acceptable as second reference; coworker references not accepted

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing across a variety of ICU specialties, adapting to unit-specific patient populations and acuity levels
• Responsibilities may include IV therapy, arterial and central line management, blood product administration, ventilator care, chest tube assistance, EVD/ICP monitoring, and titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips depending on unit assignment
• Candidates must complete Ohio fingerprinting requirements promptly after signing contract, as delays can impact start date
• Locals accepted at the same rate
• Former employees eligible for travel assignments after being away from the facility for 6 months or more
• Current employees of Ohio State University hospital locations are not eligible for travel assignments
• RTO must be submitted and built into the contract, limited to 7 days or less

American Traveler Job ID #P-731376. 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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