RN Staff Nurse Jobs in Ohio
RN Staff Nurse jobs in Ohio are consistently active, with strong demand across hospital systems, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory care centers in one of the Midwest's busiest healthcare markets, at every level from new graduate to senior staff nurse. The heaviest hiring concentrates in Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, where large systems like OhioHealth, Cleveland Clinic, and UC Health maintain ongoing staff nurse needs. Med-surg, critical care, and emergency nursing are the most in-demand specialties statewide. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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October 26, 2026, through October 30, 2026
BASIC FUNCTION:
A staff nurse is a professional nurse who delegates and coordinates patient care, based upon a documented assessment of the patient’s needs. The staff nurse applies the nursing process of assessment, planning interventions, implementing the plan of care, and evaluating that care. The nurse is a patient advocate, who in conjunction with the other members of the healthcare team guides the patient safely through the hospital stay. The staff nurse is responsible to the nurse unit manager, or in her/his absence, the supervisor. Staff R.N.’s report to the charge nurse regarding patient care matters and understand chain of command. (Charge Nurse, Coordinator, Director, House Supervisor in absence of prior).
JOB DUTIES:
- Accurately communicates patient data to receiving provider at transitions of care:
- Accurately provides and delegates patient care.
- Collaborates with health care team members to complete hourly rounding.
- Transcribes, observes, and coordinates physician orders.
- Able to obtain lab and radiology reports off computer.
- Notifies physician of abnormal results in a timely manner.
- Documents in a complete, concise manner.
- Utilizes patient plan of care format.
- Participates in discharge planning with the coordination of the Clinical Nurse Leader.
- Initiates, maintains, administers and documents IV Therapy.
- Assists with orientation of new and current staff and students.
- Coordinates patient/family teaching.
- Patient’s health condition.
- Medications incorporating patient MAR.
- Discharge instructions.
- Responsible for checking emails and online learning assignments on a regular basis.
- Able to appropriately delegate patient care utilizing clinical judgment and maintaining accountability for patient care.
- If designated charge nurse for the dept:
a. Assists manager with staff evaluations through input.
b. Assists with quality data collection.
c. Assists supervisor/manager with shift staffing.
- Charge Nurse assigns staff for patient care based on patient acuity, experience of nurses and mix of colleagues, i.e., float nurses, nurses pulled from other nursing units.
- Charge nurse assures checking/care and documentation of equipment.
- Code cart/suction.
- Glucometer.
- Medication dispensing system discrepancy.
IF DESIGNATED TO:
Intensive Care Unit:
- Able to lead Code Blue until the arrival of physician.
- Responds quickly to Rapid Response Team alerts when assigned, competently and efficiently assessing the patient status, and working with the physician and team to manage the care of the patient.
Senior Care Unit:
- Understands restraint/seclusion policy, procedure, assessments, time frames, criteria for discontinuation and documentation.
- Understands the development of the Individual Treatment Plan, treatment team meeting time frames, evaluation, and documentation.
- Understands and demonstrates the ability to complete nursing admission, MMSE, GDS, Zung Anxiety Scale, Suicide Assessment, and geriatric functional scale.
- Is able to facilitate and participate in group therapy activities.
Dialysis:
- Provide hemodialysis under the supervision of a physician.
- Requires yearly Hepatitis B titer to be completed and reviewed by the Colleague Health Nurse.
HEALTH CARING STANDARDS / VALUES:
1. Greet customers, visitors, and Colleagues immediately with a smile, warm greeting, and introduction, calling them by name if possible.
2. Exceed the expected and anticipate the unexpected by asking, “Is there anything else I or a fellow Colleague can do for you?”
3. Always provide a comforting, timely, caring departure, or discharge, and always say thanks for allowing us to serve.
4. Integrity, openness, and fairness in all you do
5. Teamwork
6. Pride in Department
7. Individual creativity and Innovation
8. Compassion and caring
9. Maintain department and hospital standards and policies.
AGE-APPROPRIATE CARE:
Colleague has been instructed in providing customer service and on interacting with age groups as related to the department's general client population: including use of appropriate interventions, communication, and skills to match the age and/or abilities of the patient/family. * Note: Critical Care division does not admit patients under the age of eighteen (18) years of age.
MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT USED:
Must be knowledgeable in all instruments and machines used by nursing personnel.
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
- Currently licensed by the Ohio State Board of Nursing and or multistate licensure.
- Has been actively employed in a hospital-based nursing within the past 5 years, or completion of a state approved R.N. refresher course within the past year or is a recent graduate of an accredited school of nursing (R.N.) or is teaching in an acute care facility.
- Shows evidence of participation in continuing education and the unit-based Quality Program.
- Successful completion of the Registered Nurse Orientation Program at Alliance Community Hospital.
- Successful completion of any additional educational requirements of the hospital or the nursing unit assigned.
- Maintains current BLS certification through American Heart Association.
- If applicable, pay a service fee or join and maintain membership in O.N.A. and the Alliance Local Unit of O.N.A. within 31 days of employment.
- Must be computer-literate to complete task(s) as required
- Senior Care Unit – Crisis Intervention and De-Escalation (CIDE) certified within 3 months and maintained annually.
- 3 West, ICU, PCU & Floats- Must complete critical care course upon hire (effective hire date in 2022). Obtain and maintain ACLS certification through the American Heart Association within 6 months of hire. Crisis Intervention and De-Escalation (CIDE) certified within 3 months and maintained annually.
- ICU, PCU & Floats - NIH stroke scale obtained and maintained within 6 months of hire.
- Hemodialysis trained nurses – Minimum of 1 year dialysis experience preferred. Minimum of 1-year critical care experience.
Successful completion of AACH dialysis training program, or able to provide documentation of dialysis training.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Able to stand/walk for up to full scheduled shift per day.
- Able to bend to reach items on floor or bedside level.
- Able to reach overhead.
- Able to reach over a bed far enough to give care and turn patients.
- Able to push or pull patients or necessary equipment (i.e. wheelchair, EKG machine, code cart).
- Able to lift 50 lbs. intermittently, unassisted.
- Able to move/transfer and ambulate patients unassisted and/or assisted as necessary using good body mechanics or appropriate techniques (i.e. slide board, total lift).
- Able to lift, hold, and/or support a patient’s extremity or trunk for a period during a procedure.
- Able to climb onto step stool and to apply a minimum of 25-pound pressure/force for compressions during CPR.
- Able to wear personal protective equipment for an extended period, as necessary, (i.e. mask, goggles, etc.).
- Able to turn and twist as necessary.
- Able to squat, kneel, or crawl as necessary.
- Ability to see clearly and able to distinguish appropriate rhythms from a minimum distance of 6 feet.
- Able to hear normal speaking voices.
- Able to communicate verbally and over the telephone in clear speech.
- Able to write clearly.
RESPONSIBLE TO:
Nurse Manager, Shift Supervisor, Vice President of Nursing/Operations
This description is intended to describe the essential job duties and the essential requirements for the performance of this job.
Location: Aultman Health Foundation · FLOATS NURSES & ORDERLIES
Schedule: Full Time, Day / Afternoon, 7am-7pm
October 26, 2026, through October 30, 2026
BASIC FUNCTION:
A staff nurse is a professional nurse who delegates and coordinates patient care, based upon a documented assessment of the patient’s needs. The staff nurse applies the nursing process of assessment, planning interventions, implementing the plan of care, and evaluating that care. The nurse is a patient advocate, who in conjunction with the other members of the healthcare team guides the patient safely through the hospital stay. The staff nurse is responsible to the nurse unit manager, or in her/his absence, the supervisor. Staff R.N.’s report to the charge nurse regarding patient care matters and understand chain of command. (Charge Nurse, Coordinator, Director, House Supervisor in absence of prior).
JOB DUTIES:
- Accurately communicates patient data to receiving provider at transitions of care:
- Accurately provides and delegates patient care.
- Collaborates with health care team members to complete hourly rounding.
- Transcribes, observes, and coordinates physician orders.
- Able to obtain lab and radiology reports off computer.
- Notifies physician of abnormal results in a timely manner.
- Documents in a complete, concise manner.
- Utilizes patient plan of care format.
- Participates in discharge planning with the coordination of the Clinical Nurse Leader.
- Initiates, maintains, administers and documents IV Therapy.
- Assists with orientation of new and current staff and students.
- Coordinates patient/family teaching.
- Patient’s health condition.
- Medications incorporating patient MAR.
- Discharge instructions.
- Responsible for checking emails and online learning assignments on a regular basis.
- Able to appropriately delegate patient care utilizing clinical judgment and maintaining accountability for patient care.
- If designated charge nurse for the dept:
a. Assists manager with staff evaluations through input.
b. Assists with quality data collection.
c. Assists supervisor/manager with shift staffing.
- Charge Nurse assigns staff for patient care based on patient acuity, experience of nurses and mix of colleagues, i.e., float nurses, nurses pulled from other nursing units.
- Charge nurse assures checking/care and documentation of equipment.
- Code cart/suction.
- Glucometer.
- Medication dispensing system discrepancy.
IF DESIGNATED TO:
Intensive Care Unit:
- Able to lead Code Blue until the arrival of physician.
- Responds quickly to Rapid Response Team alerts when assigned, competently and efficiently assessing the patient status, and working with the physician and team to manage the care of the patient.
Senior Care Unit:
- Understands restraint/seclusion policy, procedure, assessments, time frames, criteria for discontinuation and documentation.
- Understands the development of the Individual Treatment Plan, treatment team meeting time frames, evaluation, and documentation.
- Understands and demonstrates the ability to complete nursing admission, MMSE, GDS, Zung Anxiety Scale, Suicide Assessment, and geriatric functional scale.
- Is able to facilitate and participate in group therapy activities.
Dialysis:
- Provide hemodialysis under the supervision of a physician.
- Requires yearly Hepatitis B titer to be completed and reviewed by the Colleague Health Nurse.
HEALTH CARING STANDARDS / VALUES:
1. Greet customers, visitors, and Colleagues immediately with a smile, warm greeting, and introduction, calling them by name if possible.
2. Exceed the expected and anticipate the unexpected by asking, “Is there anything else I or a fellow Colleague can do for you?”
3. Always provide a comforting, timely, caring departure, or discharge, and always say thanks for allowing us to serve.
4. Integrity, openness, and fairness in all you do
5. Teamwork
6. Pride in Department
7. Individual creativity and Innovation
8. Compassion and caring
9. Maintain department and hospital standards and policies.
AGE-APPROPRIATE CARE:
Colleague has been instructed in providing customer service and on interacting with age groups as related to the department's general client population: including use of appropriate interventions, communication, and skills to match the age and/or abilities of the patient/family. * Note: Critical Care division does not admit patients under the age of eighteen (18) years of age.
MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT USED:
Must be knowledgeable in all instruments and machines used by nursing personnel.
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
- Currently licensed by the Ohio State Board of Nursing and or multistate licensure.
- Has been actively employed in a hospital-based nursing within the past 5 years, or completion of a state approved R.N. refresher course within the past year or is a recent graduate of an accredited school of nursing (R.N.) or is teaching in an acute care facility.
- Shows evidence of participation in continuing education and the unit-based Quality Program.
- Successful completion of the Registered Nurse Orientation Program at Alliance Community Hospital.
- Successful completion of any additional educational requirements of the hospital or the nursing unit assigned.
- Maintains current BLS certification through American Heart Association.
- If applicable, pay a service fee or join and maintain membership in O.N.A. and the Alliance Local Unit of O.N.A. within 31 days of employment.
- Must be computer-literate to complete task(s) as required
- Senior Care Unit – Crisis Intervention and De-Escalation (CIDE) certified within 3 months and maintained annually.
- 3 West, ICU, PCU & Floats- Must complete critical care course upon hire (effective hire date in 2022). Obtain and maintain ACLS certification through the American Heart Association within 6 months of hire. Crisis Intervention and De-Escalation (CIDE) certified within 3 months and maintained annually.
- ICU, PCU & Floats - NIH stroke scale obtained and maintained within 6 months of hire.
- Hemodialysis trained nurses – Minimum of 1 year dialysis experience preferred. Minimum of 1-year critical care experience.
Successful completion of AACH dialysis training program, or able to provide documentation of dialysis training.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Able to stand/walk for up to full scheduled shift per day.
- Able to bend to reach items on floor or bedside level.
- Able to reach overhead.
- Able to reach over a bed far enough to give care and turn patients.
- Able to push or pull patients or necessary equipment (i.e. wheelchair, EKG machine, code cart).
- Able to lift 50 lbs. intermittently, unassisted.
- Able to move/transfer and ambulate patients unassisted and/or assisted as necessary using good body mechanics or appropriate techniques (i.e. slide board, total lift).
- Able to lift, hold, and/or support a patient’s extremity or trunk for a period during a procedure.
- Able to climb onto step stool and to apply a minimum of 25-pound pressure/force for compressions during CPR.
- Able to wear personal protective equipment for an extended period, as necessary, (i.e. mask, goggles, etc.).
- Able to turn and twist as necessary.
- Able to squat, kneel, or crawl as necessary.
- Ability to see clearly and able to distinguish appropriate rhythms from a minimum distance of 6 feet.
- Able to hear normal speaking voices.
- Able to communicate verbally and over the telephone in clear speech.
- Able to write clearly.
RESPONSIBLE TO:
Nurse Manager, Shift Supervisor, Vice President of Nursing/Operations
This description is intended to describe the essential job duties and the essential requirements for the performance of this job.
Location: Aultman Health Foundation · FLOATS NURSES & ORDERLIES
Schedule: Full Time, Day / Afternoon, 7am-7pm
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RN Staff Nurse Job Market in Ohio
A snapshot from current Ohio openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center29
- Adena Health System10
- Wooster Community Hospital5
- TriHealth3
- Aultman Health System3
Top Industries Hiring
- Education
What Ohio Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in RN staff nurse jobs across Ohio.
- Active registered nurse license issued or recognized by the Ohio Board of Nursing
- Associate or bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited program
- Current BLS certification required prior to start date
- Minimum one year of acute care or clinical nursing experience preferred
- Ability to work rotating shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Strong documentation skills and proficiency with electronic health record systems
RN Staff Nurse Jobs in Ohio: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a rn staff nurse in Ohio?
You become a rn staff nurse in Ohio by completing an accredited associate or bachelor's degree in nursing program, then passing the NCLEX-RN exam and applying for licensure through the Ohio Board of Nursing. Ohio is a Nurse Licensure Compact member state, so nurses already licensed in another compact state may practice in Ohio without obtaining a separate Ohio license. Most staff nurse positions require an active, unencumbered Ohio RN license before your start date.
How much do RN staff nurses make in Ohio?
RN staff nurses in Ohio earn a median of about $82,510 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $66,980 for the lowest 10% to over $105,290 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire rn staff nurses in Ohio?
Employers hiring rn staff nurses in Ohio right now include The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Adena Health System, and Wooster Community Hospital, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Ohio's large integrated health systems, regional community hospitals, and Veterans Affairs medical centers across the state maintain steady staff nurse openings throughout the year.
Which Ohio cities have the most rn staff nurse jobs?
Columbus, Wooster, and Greenfield have the most rn staff nurse openings in Ohio. Columbus leads as the state's largest metro, anchored by OhioHealth and Nationwide Children's Hospital, while Cleveland's concentration of academic medical centers and Cleveland Clinic campuses drives consistent volume, and Cincinnati's UC Health and TriHealth systems support strong demand in the southwest corner of the state.
Are there remote rn staff nurse jobs in Ohio?
Yes, but they're rare. Staff nurse work is almost entirely hands-on and requires a physical clinical setting, so fully remote positions make up a small share of total openings. About 0% of rn staff nurse openings tied to Ohio are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, and those roles tend to be in telephone triage, care management, or utilization review rather than direct bedside care.
How can I get hired as a rn staff nurse in Ohio with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying to a formal new-graduate nurse residency program, which Ohio's largest health systems run specifically for nurses without clinical work history. OhioHealth, Cleveland Clinic, and Cincinnati Children's all offer structured residency cohorts that pair new RNs with preceptors across med-surg and general acute care floors. Candidates who hold an active Ohio RN license and have completed clinical rotations in an Ohio facility during nursing school tend to move to the front of the line for these programs.
Where can I find and apply to rn staff nurse jobs in Ohio?
You can find and apply to rn staff nurse jobs in Ohio on Migrate Mate, which lists current Ohio openings across hospitals, health systems, and care facilities statewide. Find the roles that fit your experience and specialty, then apply directly to the employers posting them.
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