Travel Critical Care Float 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: 11/16/2026
• 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: Nov 16, 2026
• Length: 17 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a Critical Care Float Pool position at a teaching hospital, requiring ventilator management skills and flexibility to float across multiple ICUs.

Details

• Critical Care Float Pool position at a teaching hospital
• Floats to various 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: 3x12 hours, 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM
• Weekend night shifts (Friday/Saturday) plus one additional night shift per week

Requirements

• Active OH or compact RN license required at time of submission
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Proficiency with Epic EMR required
• Required skills: IV therapy, IV starts, telemetry, and ventilator management
• Required skills: arterial line management, central line and PICC line care, blood product administration
• Required skills: care of ventilated patients, BiPAP/CPAP management, HFNC, ABG interpretation, suctioning (ETT, NT)
• Required skills: titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips, continuous IV sedation, emergency medications
• Required skills: dysrhythmia interpretation and management, 12-lead EKG/ECG acquisition, IV insulin protocols
• Nursing education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program
• Previous travel nursing experience required

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing support across multiple ICU specialties based on facility needs
• Fingerprinting must be completed urgently in Ohio upon signing contract due to strict state credentialing requirements
• 2 professional references required, with at least one from a manager or director; charge RN acceptable for second reference; coworker references not accepted
• Former employees eligible to return as travelers after 6 months away from the facility
• Current employees are ineligible for travel assignments at this health system
• RTO must be submitted and built into the contract, limited to 7 days or less
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate

American Traveler Job ID #P-752732. 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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