OR RN
New Haven, CT
American Traveler
4x10 hrs, Rotating

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Rotating, 4x10hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 16, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Operating Room RN for a Level I Trauma Center requiring independent trauma, craniotomy, and vascular case experience with a compact RN license.

Details

• Operating Room unit in a Short Term Acute Care Level I Trauma Center with over 1,567 staffed beds
• Rotating 2x12 and 2x8 shifts covering days, evenings, and nights, including weekends, holidays, and on-call responsibilities
• Must be able to circulate, with scrub experience highly preferred
• Required to work independently on trauma cases, craniotomy, vascular, and endo-vascular procedures
• Experience with robotics and orthopedics strongly preferred
• Uses Epic charting system
• General OR, Hybrid OR, and trauma settings including gunshot and stab wound cases

Requirements

• Active or pending CT or compact RN license accepted (processing time 15-21 business days)
• BLS certification required, ACLS also required
• Minimum 2-3 years of OR nursing experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Trauma Level I experience required
• Epic charting experience required
• Skills in neurology and craniotomy required
• 1 professional reference required

Additional Information

• Provide perioperative nursing care across general, hybrid, and trauma OR settings
• Participate in rotating shift coverage inclusive of weekends, holidays, and on-call duties
• Royal blue scrub color required
• Flu vaccine required with no declinations accepted
• COVID vaccine and booster required with exemptions only for religious or medical reasons
• Travelers must be prepared to participate in natural disaster or emergency response activities as needed
• RTO requests greater than 7 days require additional approval
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates within 75 miles of the facility are not accepted
• Previous staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 2 years to return as a traveler