Travel Critical Care Float Pool RN - $2,246 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: 11/30/2026
• Duration: 17 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 30, 2026
• Length: 17 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Critical Care Float RN with 2+ years of experience to float across multiple ICUs at a teaching hospital in Ohio.

Details

• Critical Care Float Pool position floating across all ICUs including Neuro ICU, Surgical ICUs, Medical ICUs (x2), Cardiology/Diagnostics, and CVICU
• May float throughout the broader hospital organization if no critical care need exists
• Supports transplant patient populations including Kidney, Liver, Lung, and Heart
• Shift schedule is 3x12-hour Day shifts, 7:00 AM-7:30 PM, totaling 36 hours per week
• Schedule includes Weekend Day shifts (Friday/Saturday) plus one weekday Day shift

Requirements

• Active OH or compact RN license required in hand at time of consideration
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required with flexibility to float to all units
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• Nursing education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program
• Skilled in interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Skilled in management of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
• Skilled in obtaining 12 lead EKG/ECG
• Experience with post cardiac surgery care (not directly from the OR)
• Experience across MICU, NICU, SICU, and CVICU settings required
• 2 professional references required, with at least one from a manager/director or formal leadership role; a Charge RN may serve as the second reference; coworker references not accepted

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing support by floating to the unit of greatest need across the hospital system
• Must complete Ohio BCI and FBI fingerprinting promptly upon accepting an offer, including lifetime background checks
• Candidates should be prepared for an expedited fingerprinting process to avoid delays to start date
• First-time travelers are not specifically addressed, but travel experience is required for this role
• Local candidates are accepted at the same pay 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 Ohio State University hospital locations are ineligible to be hired as travelers
• Requested time off must be submitted with the application and built into the contract, limited to 7 days or less

American Traveler Job ID #P-777339. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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