ER RN
New Haven, CT
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

Registered Nurse — Emergency Department

Location

• New Haven, Connecticut

Contract

• Travel/contract assignment
• 13 weeks
• Longer contracts may be accepted, up to 26 weeks
• Night shift, 3x12s
• 36 hours per week
• Every other weekend
• Block scheduling may be accommodated
• Guaranteed hours

Setting

• Short-term acute care
• Level I trauma center
• Assigned to one campus with possible rotation to other campuses and ED observation
• Cross-training and floating within scope may be required

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• ED - Emergency Department (1.5 years of experience)
• ED - Emergency Department experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• Experience working with Level 1 Trauma patients
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• TNCC
• NIHSS

Required Certifications

• TNCC
• ACLS
• BLS

Additional Notes

• First-time travelers are not accepted
• Pending license is accepted
• On-call is not required
• RTO greater than 7 days requires approval
• Travelers do not get trauma/rescue rooms, triage, or locked behavioral health units

Compliance / Pre-Start Requirements

• Background check
• Education verification
• Physical exam
• Fit test
• Drug screen
• TB questionnaire
• Seasonal flu vaccination or approved exemption
• Color blind testing
• Medication/pharmacology competency exam
• Skills checklist
• Employment application with 7-year work history and no gaps greater than 90 days
• Work history verification for the last 7 years
• Supervisor reference
• Driver’s license or state ID
• NIH Stroke certification may be required for RNs unless exempt by unit-specific policy
• Language services training
• CAUTI education training
• Suicide risk and environmental assessment training
• Stroke education
• CLABSI prevention training
• Preventing pressure injury training
• Patient transportation with oxygen education
• Pyxis ES MedStation modules
• Baxter pump interoperability training
• Patient bedside rounding
• Ventricular assist device awareness
• AME blood administration module
• New employee orientation module
• 21st Century Cures Act module
• ED handbook
• eCart training module
• Chaperone policy training
• Fire safety module

Charting

• Epic

Parking

• Parking available for $125/month