Location: Columbus, OH

Start Date: 02-09-2026

End Date: 05-11-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Weekend, 3x12-Hour Night shifts, 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM (Night). Minimum Every-Other-Weekend rotation (block schedule, 36 hours/week)

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

• Float confidently across ICUs (Neuro, CVICU, SICU, MICU, Cardiology/Diagnostics) to meet changing patient needs
• Manage ventilated patients and perform ventilator management with safe, evidence-based practice
• Monitor and interpret cardiac rhythms and titrate vasoactive/cardiac drips as ordered
• Start and maintain IV access, manage central/PICC lines and administer blood products safely
• Provide high-acuity neurological care including NIHSS assessments, EVD/ICP monitoring and stroke management
• Deliver infection prevention and isolation precautions to protect patients and staff
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams (RT, PT, Pharmacy, Social Work) to coordinate complex care
• Respond to emergencies and administer emergency medications and procedural sedation monitoring

Qualifications

• Active RN license (state-appropriate) and ability to work in Ohio
• Minimum 2 years of ICU/critical care nursing experience
• BLS and ACLS required; NIHSS certification required
• Proficiency with EPIC charting system (required)
• Demonstrated experience with IV start, telemetry monitoring and ventilator management
• Previous travel nursing experience strongly preferred
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Comfort floating to units of equal or lower acuity and flexible with unit assignments

Knowledge & Skills

• Critical care nursing fundamentals across Neuro, Cardiac, Surgical and Medical ICUs
• Advanced cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation
• Ventilator management, ABG interpretation and high-flow oxygen therapies (BiPAP/CPAP/HFNC)
• Central/PICC/arterial line care and blood product administration
• IV therapy, titration of vasoactive and cardiac drips, and continuous IV sedation/paralytics care
• Familiarity with NIHSS assessments, EVD/ICP monitoring and post-op cardiac care
• Infection prevention, isolation precautions and safe procedural monitoring
• Strong communication, critical thinking and rapid-response capabilities in high-acuity settings

Benefits

• Supportive team that values YOU — clinicians who collaborate and have each other’s back
• Comprehensive orientation (36 hours) so you feel confident on day one
• Licensure assistance & reimbursement to keep your credentials current and breeze through renewals
• Paid time off and scheduling flexibility that helps you recharge between blocks
• Travel reimbursement and travel-friendly perks to make your assignment smooth
• Opportunities to build critical-care skills across multiple ICU specialties — great for career growth
• Access to interdisciplinary supports like Respiratory, PT, Pharmacy and Rapid Response Teams
• Professional development and a teaching-hospital environment to sharpen your practice

Travel Perks: Explore Columbus, OH

Explore Columbus between shifts: stroll the Short North Arts District for galleries, shops and great eateries; visit the Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens; catch a Buckeyes game or walk the Ohio State University campus; family-friendly COSI (Center of Science and Industry) and the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium are local favorites. Enjoy the Scioto Mile riverfront, brewery and restaurant scenes, and easy weekend getaways to Hocking Hills for hiking.

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