OR Circulate RN
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Registered Nurse – Operating Room

Overview

• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Facility: Short-term acute care hospital, Level I trauma center, 1,567 total staffed beds
• Scrubs: Provided
• Parking cost: $125/month

Schedule

• Day (4x10 hours): 7:00 to 13:30
• Evening (4x10 hours): 13:00 to 23:30
• Also available: 5x8s, 7:00 to 15:30
• 10 hours per day, 40 hours per week
• No weekends, no call

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Operating Room experience (2 years)
• Operating Room experience within the last year
• Experience working with Spine patients
• Experience with robotic surgery or orthospine surgery
• Orthopedics 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
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale) certification

Background, Health, and Immunization Documents

• Seven-year criminal background check within 12 months of start, updated annually
• National sex offender, national criminal, federal extended, and education verification searches
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start
• Highest level of education verified. Only accredited schools accepted; diplomas not accepted.
• International candidates: foreign equivalency report and diploma required
• Physical exam within 12 months of start
• TB: negative T-SPOT or QuantiFERON-Gold within 6 months of start, or 2 negative PPDs within 12 months (the second may be pending at start). TB questionnaire updated annually.
• Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella: positive titer or 2 MMR/varicella vaccines. Boosters required if titers are low.
• Hepatitis B: positive titer, proof of 3-dose series, or declination within 1 year of start
• 10-panel drug screen within 12 months of start, with each panel listed separately
• Flu vaccine or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (09/01 to 03/31). Declinations not allowed. Deadline 12/01.
• Fit test within 12 months, updated annually. Must be clean shaven.

Training and Orientation

• Facility-specific training modules with attestations, including language services, CAUTI (not PICU, NICU, or psychiatry), suicide risk assessment, CLABSI prevention, pressure injury prevention, transport with oxygen, medication dispensing system, infusion pump interoperability, ventricular assist device awareness, fire safety, eCart, and chaperone policy
• 21st Century Cures Act module for RNs (not home health)
• AME blood administration module, updated annually
• Patient bedside rounding module (not required for OR)
• New employee orientation module, provided by end of day on start date

Preferred

• Tdap within 10 years of start (highly preferred; declination acceptable)
• COVID vaccine series, if previously received
• TNCC for pediatric ER
• CPI for ER RNs