Travel SICU RN - $2,077 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN SICU - Surgical Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Columbus, Ohio.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: SICU - Surgical Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/08/2026
• 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 8, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for a Surgical ICU night shift position at a teaching hospital, requiring 2 years of recent ICU experience and an active OH or compact RN license.

Details

• Work in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) of an academic teaching hospital
• Trauma Level II unit
• Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00-7:30
• Schedule includes every Friday night, every Saturday night, plus one additional night per week
• 36 hours per week
• Floating required
• Call required
• Uses Epic for documentation
• Uses Pyxis, Accudose, and Omnicell medication systems
• Uses SBAR for communication

Requirements

• Active Ohio or compact RN license required, in hand at time of consideration
• 2 years of recent ICU experience required
• Surgical ICU, Trauma ICU, Burn ICU, or Transplant ICU experience preferred
• BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• Trauma Level II experience required
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Epic experience preferred
• Nursing education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program
• Skilled in IV therapy, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line and PICC line care
• Experience assisting with chest tube insertion/removal and managing BiPAP/CPAP and ventilated patients
• Experience with high flow nasal cannula and interpretation of ABGs
• Experience with acute/chronic renal failure management
• Skilled in continuous IV sedation, procedural sedation monitoring, and titrating vasoactive drips
• GI surgery care experience
• Skilled in infection prevention, isolation precautions/PPE, and phlebotomy
• Experience with cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management
• Experience managing multisystem organ dysfunction/failure patients
• IV insulin protocol experience
• Experience with post-neurosurgery management, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury care
• Pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring experience preferred
• Two professional references required, with at least one from a manager/director or formal leadership role and the second acceptable from a Charge RN; coworker references not accepted

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to surgical and trauma ICU patients including those with multisystem organ dysfunction
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• 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 are ineligible to be hired as a traveler at this health system
• Requested time off must be submitted with the contract and limited to 7 days or less
• Candidates must complete Ohio fingerprinting requirements promptly after signing the contract to remain compliant with credentialing timelines

American Traveler Job ID #P-739160. 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 - Surgical ICU

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