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 hiring an experienced PCU RN with 2+ years of stepdown/med-surg experience and BLS/ACLS certification for a 13-week assignment at a teaching hospital.

Details

• 31-bed mixed acuity Progressive Care Unit (PCU) supporting medicine services
• Cares for a blend of stepdown and med/surg patients
• Standard Med-Surg assignments are typically 4:1 and PCU assignments are typically 3:1
• Travelers may occasionally be assigned a 5:1 Med-Surg patient load due to unit flexing practices
• Day shift (3x12 hours, 7:00 AM-7:30 PM) or Night shift (3x12 hours, 7:00 PM-7:30 AM) available
• 13-week assignment length
• Float required within the OSU organization as needed
• Charge-capable required on night shift
• Uses EPIC for documentation
• Uses Omnicell medication dispensing system

Requirements

• Active Ohio or Compact RN license required in hand at time of consideration
• BLS and ACLS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
• Comfortable managing CPAP/BiPAP and medication titrations
• Experience with respiratory care including chest tubes, high flow nasal cannula, tracheostomy care, and oxygen administration
• Skilled in cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and use of rapid response/code teams
• Experience with wound care/wound vac, isolation precautions/PPE, and peripheral line management
• Experience with heparin protocols, PCA, and titrating cardiac drips
• Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited nursing program
• 2 professional references required, with at least one from a Manager/Director or formal leadership role and the second from a Charge RN or leadership (no coworker references accepted)

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care to a mixed acuity population requiring stepdown and med/surg level nursing
• Unit follows unionized staffing guidelines, and travelers are typically first to be flexed to different assignments as needed
• 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 of any Ohio State University hospital location are ineligible to be hired as a traveler
• RTO must be requested and built into the contract at time of consideration, limited to 7 days or less
• Ohio fingerprinting is required promptly after contract signing, with candidates outside the state required to travel to a fingerprinting location or complete a mailed fingerprinting packet urgently upon receipt

American Traveler Job ID #P-739132. 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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