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Travel ICU Registered Nurse – Critical Care Float Pool in Columbus, Ohio

Join a Columbus, Ohio travel nursing opportunity as an ICU Registered Nurse (RN) supporting critically ill adults across multiple intensive care units. Use your critical care expertise in a collaborative, high-acuity float pool while working with multidisciplinary teams across neuro, medical, surgical, cardiovascular, and cardiothoracic ICU settings.

Columbus offers an energetic, welcoming community with excellent dining, cultural attractions, green spaces, and convenient access to the surrounding Midwest.

Travel ICU Nurse Job Details

• Assignment Type: 15-week travel nursing contract
• Location: Columbus, Ohio
• Start Date: November 30, 2026
• End Date: March 15, 2027
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,940–$2,040
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week; 12-hour night shifts, approximately 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
• Weekend Coverage: Every other weekend minimum
• Patient Population: Adult critical care patients
• Work Setting: On-site critical care float pool
• Floating: Float among intensive care units of equivalent or lower acuity based on staffing and patient needs

ICU Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of recent ICU or critical care nursing experience
• Previous travel nursing experience required
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state or a valid compact license at the time of submission
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications
• Proficiency with EPIC electronic medical records
• Demonstrated experience with IV starts, telemetry, and ventilator management
• Education from an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited nursing program
• Ability to provide two professional references, including at least one reference from a manager, director, supervisor, or other formal nursing leader
• Comfort working across multiple adult critical care specialties and adapting to changing patient acuity

Critical Care Float Pool RN Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to critically ill adult patients across multiple intensive care units.
• Float to neuro, medical, surgical, cardiovascular, and cardiothoracic intensive care settings as needed.
• Assess patients, recognize changes in condition, and initiate timely interventions for complex and unstable patients.
• Manage ventilated patients, high-flow oxygen, BiPAP/CPAP, arterial lines, central lines, PICC lines, EVDs, and other critical care equipment.
• Titrate vasoactive, cardiac, sedation, insulin, and other continuous infusions according to established protocols.
• Interpret cardiac rhythms and arterial blood gases and respond appropriately to dysrhythmias and hemodynamic changes.
• Provide care for patients with acute stroke, multisystem organ dysfunction, renal failure, cardiac surgery, transplant-related conditions, and other complex diagnoses.
• Collaborate with respiratory therapy, pharmacy, rapid response teams, rehabilitation services, radiology, social services, and other members of the care team.
• Maintain accurate documentation in EPIC and uphold infection prevention, isolation, and patient safety standards.

Apply now for this travel ICU Registered Nurse opportunity and join a high-acuity critical care team in Columbus, Ohio.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.