Location: Columbus, OH

Start Date: 07-13-2026

End Date: 10-12-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Night, 3x12-hour shifts, 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM (scheduling reviewed every 4 weeks). If you accept a 12D/N rotating contract, you may be scheduled for days, nights, or a combination depending on unit needs.

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $60 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate palliative nursing care focused on symptom assessment and management to improve patient quality of life
• Administer medications safely, including opioid dosing, breakthrough dosing, and adjuvant therapies
• Manage IVs, central lines, and PCA pumps; perform phlebotomy as needed
• Assess and treat pain using pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• Document care accurately and timely in Epic to ensure continuity and quality of care
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members (PT, RT, pharmacy, social services, chaplaincy) to address holistic patient and family needs
• Support patients and families with goal setting, advanced directives conversations, and end-of-life care planning
• Participate in unit orientation and float to equivalent acuity units when scheduled

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years RN experience required
• BLS certification required
• Epic charting experience required
• ACLS preferred
• Previous travel experience preferred but not required
• Comfort and skill with medication administration, pain management, PCA pumps, and IV/central line care
• Ability to float to units of equivalent or lower acuity
• Flu vaccine required (medical exemptions only); COVID-19 vaccine not required per facility guideline

Knowledge & Skills

• Symptom assessment and management for serious illness (pain, nausea/vomiting, fatigue, failure to thrive)
• Pain assessment, equianalgesic dosing, medication tolerance, and breakthrough dosing
• Phlebotomy and peripheral/central IV care, starting and maintaining IVs
• Use of pain scales (verbal and nonverbal) and PCA pump management
• End-of-life care skills including bereavement planning, perideath care, and postmortem care
• Cultural awareness and identifying spiritual needs to support patient-centered care
• Understanding of advanced directives and ethical/legal issues around withholding/withdrawing treatment
• Strong Epic documentation and interdisciplinary communication skills

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling with clear 4-week review periods to help you plan life outside work
• Supportive interdisciplinary team that values patient-centered care and YOU
• Comprehensive onboarding with a 72-hour orientation so you feel confident from day one
• Licensure assistance resources and help with system training, including Epic
• Paid time off and holiday staffing that’s communicated up front
• Access to employee support services like social work, pharmacy, and rapid response teams
• Opportunities for professional growth in a brand-new palliative care unit
• A workplace that prioritizes work-life balance and respectful, compassionate care

Travel Perks: Explore Columbus, OH

Explore Columbus during your downtime: wander the Short North Arts District for galleries and dining, visit the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, stroll the Scioto Mile along the riverfront, enjoy historic German Village, and relax at Franklin Park Conservatory. Sports fans can catch Ohio State events, and for weekend getaways you can hike Hocking Hills (about an hour southeast) or explore nearby state parks and breweries.

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