OR RN
New Haven, CT
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Rotating

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Rotating, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Sep 21, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an Operating Room position requiring Level I Trauma experience and independence with trauma, craniotomy, vascular, and endo-vascular cases.

Details

• Operating Room unit within a Short Term Acute Care Level I Trauma Center and Academic Medical Center
• 3x12-hour shifts rotating between days, evenings, and nights based on unit needs
• Schedules are made in 6-week blocks and released 2 weeks prior to the start of each block
• Travelers are typically placed on night shift for one week within a four-week schedule block
• On-call required, scheduled up to 2 times per week, generally paired with an already scheduled shift
• Weekend work required
• Uses Epic for charting
• General OR and Hybrid OR settings, including trauma cases such as gunshot and stab wounds

Requirements

• Active CT or Compact RN license required
• BLS certification required; ACLS also required per unit
• Minimum 3 years of RN experience required
• Travel experience required
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Trauma Level I experience required at a large facility
• Must be independent with trauma cases, craniotomy, vascular, and endo-vascular procedures
• Circulating experience required; scrub experience highly preferred
• Experience with robotics and orthopedic cases strongly preferred
• Neurology and craniotomy skills required
• Epic charting experience required
• 1 professional reference required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care in a high-acuity, Level I Trauma Center OR environment
• Scrub color required is royal blue
• Flu vaccine required with no declinations accepted
• COVID vaccine and booster required except for religious or medical exemption
• No holiday RTO approvals permitted for this unit
• RTO requests beyond 7 days require additional approval
• First-time travelers are accepted for this role
• Local candidates not accepted; must reside more than 75 miles from the hospital
• Previously employed staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 2 years to return as a traveler
• Travelers may be required to participate in natural disaster or emergency response activities