RN NICU
Columbus, Ohio
Staffing partner
- Eligibility
- Acute CareCritical CareInfectious DiseaseICU
- Shift
- Days
- Unit
- NICU
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Posted May 28
The work and the unit
- Unit
- NICU
- Specialty
- Acute Care · Critical Care · Infectious Disease · ICU
- Setting
- Hospital
Schedule and commitments
- Shift
- Days
- Term
- Travel
Pay and benefits
- Against the board
- Below most Ohio travel postingsOhio travel postings that state pay run $1,730/week to $2,490/week, the middle half $1,910/week to $2,300/week, across 98 postings.
What's around it?
Living costs about 5% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,295/mo
- Household income
- $66,082/yr, all local households, not nurse pay
- Staffing partner
- TNAA Healthcare
From Census ACS 2024.
About this role
We're looking for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Columbus, OH. The right RN should have 1-2 years' recent acute care experience. Read below for more requirements.
As a NICU RN, you'll provide critical care to sick and premature infants. Alongside the rest of the care team, NICU RNs assist in providing round-the-clock care to these patients and support to the parents. Parental support can range from emotional encouragement to advising parents on the proper care of their infant when they return home.
As a NICU Travel Nurse, you should be prepared to perform the following tasks: Care for infants transitioning to extra uterine life. Monitor vital signs and initiate corrective action when necessary. Provide nutritional assessment and specialized feedings.
Change dressings, insert catheters, start IVs. Provide arterial and intravenous therapy. Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, such as incubators and ventilators.
NICU Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty. RNs should be able to easily lift 10-20 pounds of equipment at times. NICU Travel Nurses may face hazards from exposure to chemicals and infectious diseases.
Requirements*: BLS, NRP, 2 Years
- Additional certifications may be required before beginning an assignment.
Pay: $1,710.21
Sourced from TNAA Healthcare’s careers page.
How this role fits you
About the employer
You are looking at TNAA Healthcare in the Columbus, OH market — Travel Nurse Across America under TotalMed, a national travel staffing company rather than one hospital campus. If you take an assignment through them, your days land on the…
On your path
NICU / Neonatal is open from year one. Residencies hire in directly, and the unit's level sets the work.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
