Travel Registered Nurse - Cardiac ICU
New Haven, CT
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse - Cardiac ICU (Nights)

Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Position in Cardiac ICU, night shifts
• Critical care experience required, including experience with PA catheters
• ACLS and BLS certifications required
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification required
• Float requirement: ICU and PCU units
• Call not required
• Accepting candidates with 1.5 years experience if from a Level 1 trauma center or large hospital
• Open to first-time travelers
• Patient ratio approximately 1:2 (day, night, weekends)

Facility Highlights

• Short Term Acute Care Facility
• Level I Trauma Center
• 1,567 staffed beds
• Electronic charting system: Epic

Required Certifications

• ACLS (AHA or ARC)
• BLS (AHA or ARC)
• NIH Stroke Certification (required for all RNs except Behavioral Health, Case Management, Home Health, OR, Pediatric specialties, NICU)
• Additional certifications may be required depending on unit (check unit description):

  • PALS (not required for Pediatric Stepdown)
  • NRP (required for NICU)
  • CHEMO (for Oncology units)
  • TNCC (required/preferred for ER and Pediatric ER)
  • EFM (required for Labor & Delivery)
  • CPI (required for Psychiatry/Behavioral Health, preferred for ER)

Competency Exams

• Medication Test/Pharmacology Competency Exam (required within 12 months, 85% passing score)
• Color Blind Testing (required for all candidates starting 8/2/2024, 80% passing score)
• Dysrhythmia/EKG Competency Exam (required for Telemetry, MS/Tele, ER, all ICU units except Neuro ICU, SICU, NICU)

Background and Verification Requirements

• 7-year criminal background check (must be updated annually)
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks (required within 30 days of start)
• Education verification (highest level required)
• Foreign equivalency evaluation required for internationally educated RNs
• State license primary source verification (CT license must be applied for within 72 hours of start)
• NURSYS license verification (within 30 days of start)
• Employment application with 7-year work history, no gaps over 90 days
• Work history verification for last 7 years (attestations not accepted)
• Attestation of prior radiation exposure required for certain tech and specialty roles

Health and Compliance Requirements

• Physical exam within 12 months of start
• Fit mask test within 12 months, updated annually (exemptions possible with medical/religious documentation)
• Tdap vaccination preferred for Pediatric, Labor & Delivery, Postpartum (declination accepted)
• Negative TB test or chest X-ray documentation (TB questionnaire required annually)
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) immunity via positive titer or vaccinations
• Hepatitis B immunity or vaccination/declination
• Varicella immunity or vaccination
• 10-panel drug screen within 12 months of start
• Seasonal flu vaccination or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (9/1 - 3/31)
• COVID-19 vaccines highly preferred but not required (effective 5/16/2025)

Facility-Specific Training and Documents (Required)

• Stroke Education Module and Attestation (except Pediatric specialties and NICU)
• CLABSI Prevention Training and Attestation
• Preventing Pressure Injury Training and Attestation
• Language Services Training and Attestation
• CAUTI Education Training and Attestation (except PICU, NICU, Psychiatry/Behavioral Health)
• Patient Transportation with Oxygen Education and Attestation
• Suicide Risk and Environmental Assessment Training and Attestation
• Pyxis ES MedStation Training and Attestation
• Baxter Pump Interoperability Training and Attestation
• Patient Bedside Rounding Module and Attestation (except OR, Behavioral Health, Ambulatory, ER/ED)
• Ventricular Assist Device Awareness Training and Attestation
• AME Blood Administration Module (annual update required, except Case Managers, Behavioral Health, Home Health)
• New Employee Orientation Module (must be completed by start date)
• 21st Century Cures Act Module (required for most clinical roles except Home Health and some techs)
• ED Handbook (required for ED/ER RNs)
• eCart Training Module (required for most RNs except Pediatric, Periop/OR, Outpatient, Case Managers, Home Health)
• Chaperone Policy Training (required for RNs and Allied Health as of 5/31/2024)
• EPIC Testing or Training (required for RNs with Epic experience)

This position offers an opportunity to work in a high-acuity Level I Trauma Center with a supportive environment for first-time travelers and those with critical care experience. Compliance with extensive credentialing, health, and training requirements is mandatory.