Location: Columbus, OH

Start Date: 06-29-2026

End Date: 09-28-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Night, 3x12-hour shifts per week, 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM; schedule assignments reviewed every 4 weeks; may include days or a combination of days/nights depending on department needs (rotating as needed)

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $60 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 palliative and symptom management care for adults with serious, life-limiting illness
• Assess and manage pain, nausea, fatigue and other distressing symptoms to improve patient comfort and quality of life
• Administer medications and manage IVs, central lines and ports safely and effectively
• Document patient care accurately in Epic and communicate changes in condition to the interdisciplinary team
• Support patients and families through goal-setting, advanced directives conversations, and end-of-life care planning
• Collaborate with pharmacy, social work, PT, RT and other services to coordinate holistic patient-centered care
• Educate patients and families on symptom management, medication use and post-discharge planning
• Participate in bereavement, perideath and postmortem care with sensitivity and professionalism

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) required
• Minimum 2 years RN experience required
• BLS required
• Epic experience required (charting system mandatory)
• ACLS preferred
• Previous travel experience preferred
• Ability and willingness to float to units of equivalent or lower acuity
• Comfort working with adult and geriatric patient populations in a palliative care setting

Knowledge & Skills

• Palliative care principles and symptom assessment/management
• Pain management including opioid dosing concepts and equianalgesic dosing
• Medication administration and PCA pump familiarity
• IV management, phlebotomy, starting and maintaining peripheral IVs, and central line/port care
• Use of pain scales (verbal and nonverbal) and pharmacologic/non-pharmacologic interventions
• Advanced directives, withholding/withdrawing treatment, and ethical/legal aspects of end-of-life care
• Perideath, bereavement planning and culturally aware, family-centered care
• Strong Epic documentation skills and interdisciplinary communication

Benefits

• Supportive team environment that values your clinical judgment and compassion
• Flexible scheduling with predictable 3x12-night blocks
• Paid orientation (72 hours) to get you comfortable and confident on the unit
• Professional development and mentorship working with interdisciplinary teams
• Licensure assistance and Epic charting support to help you hit the floor running
• Paid time off and hospital-standard benefits available through placement (check specifics with recruiter)
• Access to wellness resources and employee support programs
• Opportunities to gain specialized palliative care experience and broaden your clinical skills

Travel Perks: Explore Columbus, OH

Explore Columbus during your time off: stroll the Short North Arts District for galleries and great restaurants, visit the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, or catch a show at the Columbus Museum of Art. Outdoor lovers can enjoy the Scioto Mile riverfront and nearby Hocking Hills for weekend hikes. Sports and entertainment fans will appreciate local pro teams and lively neighborhoods like German Village and the Arena District. Plenty of coffee shops, breweries and cultural spots make Columbus a fun place to recharge between shifts.

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