Travel PCU RN - $2,077 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Columbus, Ohio.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/08/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, rotating
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Rotating, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Sep 8, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 5

Description

American Traveler is seeking an RN for a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) position requiring 2+ years of recent progressive care experience and an active OH or compact RN license.

Details

• Work in a 32-bed Mixed Acuity Stepdown/PCU unit with an average daily census of 25-32 patients
• Care for patients with various medical diagnoses as well as pre- and post-surgical patients with mixed acuity requiring PCU-level care
• Rotating shifts scheduled 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM
• 36 hours per week with every other weekend required
• Floating required within the OSU organization as needed
• Call required
• Epic EMR experience required

Requirements

• Active OH or compact RN license required at time of consideration
• BLS and ACLS certifications required
• NIHSS certification required
• Minimum 2 years of recent progressive care experience required
• Experience with similar PCU/Stepdown patient populations required
• Nursing education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program
• Preferred experience with telemetry, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, rapid response/code teams, IV therapy, blood product administration, central line and PICC care, heparin protocols, respiratory support, wound care, and pre/post-surgical patient care
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Two professional references required, with at least one from a manager/director or supervisor and the second acceptable from a Charge RN; no coworker references accepted

Additional Information

• Provide progressive/stepdown level care to a mixed acuity patient population including cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia management, and use of rapid response/code teams
• Responsibilities may include IV therapy, blood product administration, central line and PICC care, heparin protocols, respiratory support, and wound care
• Scrub color and details will be provided at orientation
• Teaching hospital environment
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• One pre-approved time-off request allowed per contract, limited to 7 days or less and must be built into the contract at time of consideration
• Local candidates are accepted at the same rate
• Former employees are eligible for a travel assignment once they have been away from the facility for 6 months or more
• Current employees of any Ohio State University hospital location are ineligible to be hired as a traveler
• Ohio fingerprinting is required promptly after signing the contract to avoid credentialing delays

American Traveler Job ID #P-739131. 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 - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

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