HonorVet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Columbus, Ohio.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 09/15/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Title: Registered Nurse – PCU (Progressive Care Unit)
Location: Columbus, OH
Contract Length: 16 weeks
Shift: 3x12 Nights (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM) or Days (7:00 AM – 7:30 PM)
Weekly Breakdown:
Weekly Gross: $2,305.00 Per Week
On W2(Taxable): $828.00 Per Week
Stipend(Non-Taxable): $1,477.00 Per Week
Position Overview: Join the surgical oncology team on a fast-paced, high-acuity PCU/Med-Surg hybrid unit at a nationally recognized teaching hospital. As a Registered Nurse, you’ll deliver critical care to adult and geriatric patients undergoing complex oncologic surgeries. This role offers an opportunity to expand your clinical skills in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide direct patient care on a mixed acuity surgical oncology floor
- Care for patients undergoing surgeries including breast, colorectal, hepatobiliary, plastic/reconstructive, orthopedic, and cardiothoracic procedures
- Monitor and respond to PCU-level needs including telemetry, drips, and complex medication regimens
- Administer chemotherapy, blood transfusions, and IV antibiotics
- Manage oncologic emergencies including cytokine release syndrome
- Maintain rigorous infection prevention and patient fall protocols
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary support teams (PT, RT, IV team, RRT, Pharmacy, etc.)
- Float to other acute care oncology units as needed
Required Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of nursing experience in PCU/Stepdown or Medical-Surgical unit
- Strong surgical patient care background, preferably in oncology
- Experience with EPIC charting system
- Travel experience not required but willingness to adapt and learn is essential
- Prior teaching hospital experience a plus
Certifications Required:
Preferred:
Skills & Competencies:
- Interpretation & management of dysrhythmias
- Tracheostomy care, external CPAP/BiPAP
- Chest tube management (Emerson/Pleur-evac)
- Insulin and Heparin drip administration
- Use of GE telemetry (B450 monitors), Alaris pumps, Stryker beds, bladder scanners
About HonorVet Technologies
HonorVet Technologies: Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes
Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.
As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency, we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.
At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.
Benefits
- Vision benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Continuing Education
- Medical benefits
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Dental benefits
- Guaranteed Hours
- Mileage reimbursement
- Referral bonus
- Bereavement
- Holiday Pay
- Sick pay
- Retention bonus
