Emergency Department Registered Nurse
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse - ER (Night Shift)

Location

• City: New Haven, Connecticut

Employment Type

• Travel / Contract
• Contract Length: 13 weeks

Work Schedule

• Night shift: 3 shifts per week, 12 hours each (7:00 PM to 7:00 AM)
• Weekend requirement: Every other weekend
• Guaranteed hours
• Block scheduling accommodated
• Floating: Will cross-train and float to other campuses and Emergency Department observation within scope (travelers excluded from trauma/rescue rooms, triage, and locked behavioral health units)
• On-call: Not required

Patient Care & Unit Details

• Unit: Emergency Room (ER)
• Level 1 Trauma Center
• Ratios: Average 1:6 (days and nights)
• Assigned primarily to one campus with possible rotation to others and ED observation

Experience Requirements

• Specialty: Registered Nurse (ER)
• Required years of experience: Minimum 1.5 years from a similar hospital; preferred 2 years
• Prior travel experience: Not accepted for first-timers (must have prior travel experience)

Required Certifications

• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) – required for ER
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Licensure

• Pending license accepted
• Must hold an active RN license valid in Connecticut or a Compact license with application for Connecticut license within 72 hours of start

Special Requirements

• Level 1 Trauma experience required
• Travelers do not work trauma/rescue rooms, triage, or locked behavioral health units

Facility & Documentation Requirements

• Facility type: Short Term Acute Care Hospital
• Total staffed beds: 1,567
• Charting system: Epic
• Parking cost: $125/month

Background & Compliance Checks

• 7-year criminal background check (updated annually)
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start
• Education verification including foreign equivalency evaluation if applicable
• Sex offender search required
• Employment application with 7-year work history and no gaps over 90 days
• Work history verification for last 7 years (attestations not accepted)
• One supervisor reference within past year (charge nurse references not accepted for ICU/CTICU; standard references for other units)

Health & Safety Requirements

• Physical exam within 12 months of start
• Fit mask test within 12 months, updated annually (clean shaven required)
• Negative TB test or chest X-ray documentation
• Annual TB questionnaire
• Immunizations or titers required for: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Hepatitis B (or declination)
• Tdap vaccination highly preferred for pediatric specialties, labor/delivery, postpartum (declination accepted)
• 10-panel drug screen within 12 months
• Seasonal flu vaccination or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (Sept 1 - Mar 31)
• COVID vaccination series preferred

Competency Exams & Training

• Medication/Pharmacology competency exam (minimum 85% score)
• Color blind testing (minimum 80% score; required for all candidates starting 8/2/2024)
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam required for Telemetry, MS/Tele, ER/ED, ICU, Progressive Care, Stepdown, PACU, IR/Cath Lab, Labor and Delivery units (not required for NICU, Psych/Behavioral Health, Pediatric, Ambulatory)
• Language Services Training
• CAUTI Education Training (except PICU, NICU, Psychiatry/Behavioral Health)
• Suicide Risk and Environmental Assessment Training
• Mobile Heartbeat Alarm Module (except ER/ED, Pediatrics, ICU, NICU)
• Stroke Education (except Pediatric specialties and NICU)
• CLABSI Prevention Training
• Preventing Pressure Injury Training
• Patient Transportation with Oxygen Education
• Pyxis ES MedStation Modules
• Baxter Pump Interoperability Training
• Patient Bedside Rounding (except OR, Behavioral Health, Ambulatory, ER/ED)
• Ventricular Assist Device Awareness (except certain campuses)
• AME Blood Administration Module (except Case Managers, Behavioral Health/Psych, Home Health)
• New Employee Orientation Module
• 21st Century Cures Act Module (required for RN except Home Health)
• ED Handbook (for ER/ED RNs)
• eCart Training Module (not required for Pediatric, Periop/OR, Outpatient, Case Managers, Home Health)
• Chaperone Policy Training (required if gap >6 months or updated module)
• Fire Safety Module (effective 5/4/2026)

Additional Notes

• Weekend call-out policy includes mandatory makeup shifts within 6 weeks
• Travelers must provide photo ID matching legal name on first day
• EPIC testing/training provided; optional testing to fast-track orientation
• Foreign-educated candidates must provide foreign equivalency report and diploma
• Attestations for trainings can be completed via electronic signature

Requirements/Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Minimum 1 year of Emergency Department (ED) experience within the last year
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with Level 1 Trauma patients