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: 01/12/2026
- Duration: 15 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days, nights, rotating
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Title: Registered Nurse - PCU
Facility: James Cancer Hospital and Research - Columbus, OH 43210
Shift: Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30) Day 3x12-Hour (07:00 - 19:30)
Start Date: 01/12/2026
Job Duration: 16 Weeks
Description:
ONCOLOGY EXPERIENCE PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED!
Unit Information:- Medical Oncology with progressive care beds/pediatric patients.
- High acuity of PCU and small amount of med surg
Requirements:
- 2 years of oncology experience preferred, but NOT REQUIRED
- Certifications: Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS), ACLS & NIH
- Ratio: 1:4-5 Med Surg Telemetry
- Ratio: 1:3 PCU
- Required to float within units of equivalent or lower level of acuity.
- Previous travel experience preferred.
Schedule:
*First week of orientation is Mon - Fri dayshift. Second week is 36hrs of on-unit orientation with a preceptor
Patient Diagnoses:
- Solid Tumor
- Orthopedic Oncology
- Thoracic Oncology
Special Procedures/Unit Details:
- •18J is a 36 bed Oncology Telemetry unit with over 24 beds dedicated to PCU level of care.
- -Pediatric patients are cared for on this unit but are extremely rare and would likely be cared for by perm staff. Pediatric experience is NOT required to be agency RN here.
- Required: High acuity PCU patient experience
- Heavy focus on infection prevention protocols and patient falls
Special Equipment:
- B450 monitors Client telemetry system.
- Bladder Scanner.
- Alaris pumps.
- Stryker beds.
- Continuous Bladder Irrigation
- PCA Pumps
Skills Required:
- Interpretation of dysrhythmias
- Use of rapid response teams
- Feeding tube care and management
- Accessing Ports
- Blood Product Administration
- Central line care/management
- Peripheral Line Care/Management
- PICC line management
- Starting IVs
- Heparin Protocols
- Manage Cardia drips- no titration
- PCA
- Titrate Cardiac drips
- Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac
- External CPAP/BIPAP
- High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
- Interpretation of ABGs
- Nasal Cannula
- Tracheostomy Management
Skills Preferred:
- Management of dysrhythmias
- IV insulin protocols
- Titration of Insulin drips
- Phlebotomy
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Monitoring Chemotherapy
- Wound Care/Wound Vac
- Arterial line management
- Surgical drains
- Non-invasive airway management
HonorVet Technologies Job ID #31601408. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse/PCU
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
