Location: Columbus, OH

Start Date: 02-09-2026

End Date: 05-11-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Monday-Friday, rotating day/evening shifts: 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM; 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM; 10:30 AM - 8:30 PM (combination of 8-, 10- and 12-hour shifts to total 40 hours/week). Additional posted day options include 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM (12-hour) and 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM (10-hour) as needed. Call as needed: Evening 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM; Night 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM. Weekend coverage as scheduled: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM or 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM. Shift type: Rotating (day/evening with occasional nights and weekend call).

Hours per Week: 40

Candidate Pay Rate: $77 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 high-quality perioperative nursing care across a rotating day/evening schedule to optimize patient outcomes
• Serve as both scrub and circulating nurse as needed, ensuring sterile technique and smooth operative flow
• Maintain accurate, timely patient records using EPIC to support continuity of care
• Collaborate closely with surgeons, anesthesiology, and OR team members to coordinate safe procedures
• Anticipate equipment and instrumentation needs (including robotics and specialty tools) and prepare the OR accordingly
• Respond to intraoperative emergencies and support code/rapid response activities per hospital protocols
• Adhere to infection control, blood product administration, specimen handling, and universal protocol (time out) standards

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure (state-appropriate) — active and in good standing
• Minimum of 2 years of perioperative/OR experience required
• Scrub and circulate experience is required — we need comfortable hands in both roles
• EPIC charting experience required
• BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) required
• Travel nurse experience required
• Preferred: ACLS, CNOR, oncology experience, robotics (Da Vinci SP/Xi) experience
• Flu vaccine required (medical exemptions only); COVID-19 vaccine: facility guideline indicates Not Required

Knowledge & Skills

• Perioperative nursing best practices and sterile technique
• Proficiency with EPIC electronic charting
• Infection control, specimen handling and universal protocol (time out) procedures
• Experience with multi-specialty OR cases: neuro, thoracic, ENT, ortho, plastics, urology, GU/GYN, oncology
• Robotic-assisted surgery workflows (Da Vinci SP/Xi) and instrumentation familiarity
• Ability to assist with complex cases including free flap/microvascular procedures
• Emergency management skills: code response, fire safety, malignant hyperthermia awareness
• Equipment familiarity: electrosurgical units, fiber optic light sources/cords and specialty OR tools

Benefits

• Generous travel support and reimbursement to make your assignment smooth and stress-free
• Licensure assistance & reimbursement to help you get where you need to be legally and quickly
• Flexible schedule options so you can find a rhythm that fits your life
• Supportive team environment at a nationally recognized cancer center — meaningful work every day
• Paid time off to recharge between assignments
• Professional development encouragement — opportunities to expand robotics and specialty OR skills
• Medical, dental & vision coverage options available
• Referral bonus program to reward you for helping build our team
• Onboarding and orientation support so you feel confident from day one
• A culture that values work-life balance and recognizes your contributions

Travel Perks: Explore Columbus, OH

Explore Columbus on your off hours: stroll the Short North Arts District for galleries and great food, wander the brick streets of German Village, catch a Buckeyes game or visit the Ohio State University campus, and enjoy family-friendly fun at COSI and the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. For green space and calm, visit Franklin Park Conservatory and the Scioto Mile riverside park. Foodies and craft-beer fans will love the Arena District and numerous local breweries. Weekend day-trip options include scenic Hocking Hills for hiking and outdoor adventure or a drive to nearby Amish Country — perfect for exploring Ohio’s countryside.

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