Location: Columbus, OH

Start Date: 04-20-2026

End Date: 07-20-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: 3x12-hour Day shifts (07:00 AM - 07:30 PM), specific days vary; Day shift with every-other-weekend coverage; may float to similar-acuity units as needed

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $53 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, family-centered postpartum care for birthing people and their newborns
• Perform thorough newborn assessments, monitor thermoregulation and manage newborn hypoglycemia when needed
• Start and maintain IVs, administer IV antibiotics, blood and blood products safely and accurately
• Interpret telemetry and be prepared to pass an EKG competency prior to start
• Administer and monitor medications including heparin, insulin drips, antihypertensives, magnesium sulfate and oxytocin
• Deliver patient and family education: breastfeeding support, discharge teaching, circumcision care and newborn care instructions
• Recognize and manage postpartum complications such as hemorrhage and pregnancy-induced hypertension, escalating care appropriately
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary supports—IV teams, PT, pharmacy, social services and rapid response teams—to optimize patient outcomes

Qualifications

• Active RN license (Ohio) required
• Minimum 2 years postpartum nursing experience
• BLS required; IV certification and demonstrated IV start competency required
• Experience with Labor & Delivery and couplet care
• EPIC charting experience required
• Telemetry interpretation skills and ability to pass an EKG exam prior to start
• NRP preferred
• Previous travel nursing experience preferred
• Flu vaccine required (medical exemptions only); COVID-19 vaccine not required per facility guideline

Knowledge & Skills

• Postpartum assessment and procedures (fundus/lochia/perineum care, episiotomy care, Foley/ bladder assessment)
• Newborn care skills (cord care, metabolic screen, phototherapy, NAS care, thermoregulation)
• Medication administration and IV therapy, including starting/maintaining IVs and administering blood products
• Management of oxytocin (Pitocin), magnesium sulfate therapy, heparin and insulin drips
• Telemetry interpretation and cardiac monitoring
• Breastfeeding instruction and use of electric/manual breast pumps
• Patient/family education and discharge teaching
• Ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and float to related units

Benefits

• Generous housing stipend to make your stay comfortable and stress-free
• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision coverage for you and your family
• 401(k) retirement savings plan to help you plan for the future
• Life insurance to protect what matters most
• Paid time off so you can recharge and explore
• Travel reimbursement to ease relocation and travel logistics
• Licensure assistance & reimbursement to keep you licensed and mobile
• Referral bonus program — bring a friend and both benefit
• A supportive interdisciplinary team that values your skills and growth

Travel Perks: Explore Columbus, OH

Explore Columbus on your days off: stroll the Short North Arts District for great food and galleries, visit the Franklin Park Conservatory, catch exhibits at COSI (Center of Science and Industry), enjoy the Ohio State University campus and nearby Wexner Center, take a relaxing walk or bike ride along the Scioto Mile, wander historic German Village, or plan a weekend escape to Hocking Hills for hiking and waterfalls. Plenty of local breweries, coffee shops and cultural events make Columbus a fun base for your assignment.

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