Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (19:00 to 07:00)
Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
Unit Name: ER / ED
Facility Type: Short-term acute care, Level I Trauma Center, 1,567 total staffed beds
Parking Cost: $125/month
Assignment Details
Assigned to one campus, with possible rotation to other campuses and ED observation
Will crosstrain and float within scope to meet facility needs
Ratios: average 1:6 on days and 1:6 on nights
Travelers do not receive trauma/rescue rooms, triage, or locked behavioral health units
Guaranteed hours
Open to a block schedule
Weekends: every other weekend
Not on-call
First-time travelers accepted
Required Qualifications
Valid RN license in Connecticut
Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
ED - Emergency Department experience (2 years)
ED - Emergency Department experience within the last year
Experience working with Level 1 Trauma patients
TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
NIHSS
Weekend Call-Out Policy
Missed weekend shifts are rescheduled as a make-up shift on another weekend shift within the next 6 weeks, or sooner if the contract ends first.
Make-up shifts replace a scheduled weekday shift in the same week to avoid overtime, unless the manager approves overtime.
A second missed make-up shift results in a coaching final warning for time and attendance.
Facility
Yale-New Haven Hospital
3.6rating(106 reviews)
5 nurses recommend working with Yale-New Haven Hospital
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