Travel RN - PACU

Travel RN - PACU

American Traveler

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Position ID: P-762025

Position status: On Hold

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

$2,111.42/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced PACU RN for a Level I trauma teaching hospital with 2 years of Pre/Post-op experience and Epic proficiency required.

Details

• Work in the PACU unit providing PreOp and PACU care
• Day shift schedule with 3x12 hour shifts from 8:00am-8:30pm (4x10 shifts from 10a-8:30p also considered)
• Call requirements including every third-fourth weekend
• 1:1 patient ratio
• Cares for cardiovascular and vascular surgery patients including CABG, AAA repair, TAVR, EVAR, Fem-Pop/Fem-Tib-Peroneal Bypass, angiogram, pulmonary decortication, and ablation cases
• Epic EMR experience required

Requirements

• Active OH or compact RN license in hand at time of consideration
• BLS required; ACLS and NIHSS preferred
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
• Pre/Post-op experience required
• PACU experience preferred
• Level I trauma center and outpatient/ambulatory experience preferred
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Previous charge RN experience preferred
• Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program
• 2 professional references required, with at least 1 from a manager/director or formal leadership role (Charge RN acceptable for the second reference); no coworker references accepted

Additional Information

• Provide pre-operative assessment, education, and post-operative recovery care for cardiovascular and vascular surgery patients
• Skills utilized include cardiac monitoring, arterial line management, CVP monitoring, dysrhythmia recognition, hemodynamic monitoring, and airway assessment
• Administers antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants, antihypertensives, emergency medications, IV vasopressors, and narcotics/opioid analgesics
• Manages central lines, PICC lines, chest tubes, and wound vacs as needed
• Performs pre-op assessments, obtains consents, reviews history and physical, and completes 12-lead EKGs
• Locals accepted at the same rate
• Former employees eligible for a travel assignment after being away from the facility for 6 months or more
• Current employees are ineligible to be hired as a traveler at this or any Ohio State University hospital location
• RTO must be submitted with the application and built into the contract, limited to 7 days or less
• Candidates must complete Ohio fingerprinting promptly after signing the contract; those far from Ohio will be mailed a fingerprinting packet

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12