Critical Care Float ICU RN
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Registered Nurse – ICU Float Pool

Overview

• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Guaranteed hours: Yes
• First-time travelers: Accepted
• Facility: Short-term acute care, Level I Trauma Center, 1,567 total staffed beds
• Unit: ICU Float Pool, with travelers floating between two campuses that share a parking lot. A shuttle is provided if needed.

Schedule

• Shift: Day, 7:00 to 19:30
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 48 hours per week
• Pattern: 3x12 or 4x12s
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• On-call: Not required
• Block schedule: Not accommodated

Float Scope

• Float to 5 ICU specialties and step-down units, including a pulmonary step-down unit with a 1:3 ratio.
• Float between campuses located 2 blocks apart.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Critical Care Float experience (2 years)
• Critical Care Float experience within the last year
• ICU (Intensive Care Unit) experience
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Background and History

• 7-year criminal background check, completed within 12 months of start and updated annually.
• Sex offender, OIG, SAM, and similar federal checks, completed within 30 days of start.
• Employment application with a 7-year work history and no gaps longer than 90 days.
• Verification of the last 7 years of employment for start dates on or after 8/2/2024. Attestations are not accepted.
• 2 professional references, completed within 3 years of start.
• Skills checklist, completed within 12 months of start.

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 12 months of start.
• TB screening within the required window: negative T-Spot or QuantiFERON within 6 months, or 2 negative PPDs within 12 months. Candidates with a positive history need a chest X-ray within 1 year and an annual TB questionnaire.
• Annual TB questionnaire.
• Immunity documentation for measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and varicella, provided as a positive titer or proof of vaccination.
• Tdap is highly preferred, and a declination is accepted.
• Flu vaccine or exemption required during flu season (09/01 to 03/31).
• 10-panel drug screen, completed within 12 months of start.
• N95 fit test within 12 months of start, updated annually. The candidate must be clean-shaven for testing.

Facility Trainings

Completed through online modules and attestations:

• Language services training
• CAUTI education (not required for PICU, NICU, or psychiatry)
• Suicide risk and environmental assessment
• CLABSI prevention
• Preventing pressure injury
• Patient transportation with oxygen
• Baxter pump interoperability
• Patient bedside rounding
• Ventricular assist device awareness
• Blood administration module, updated annually
• 21st Century Cures Act
• eCart
• Chaperone policy
• Fire safety
• Stroke education, including the NIHSS module
• New employee orientation module, completed by the end of day on the start date