OR RN
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Operating Room Registered Nurse (Travel/Contract)

Location: New Haven, Connecticut Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks

Schedule

• Day shift, 3x12-hour shifts, 7:00 to 19:30
• 36 hours per week (12 hours per day)
• No weekends, no call, no holidays

Facility Highlights

• Short-term acute care
• Level I Trauma Center
• 1,567 total staffed beds
• Scrubs provided

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Operating Room experience of 1.5 years
• Operating Room experience within the last year
• Experience working with Spine patients
• Experience working with Neuro patients
• Experience with orthospine surgery
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• BLS 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

Training and Attestations

• Required for RNs: suicide risk and environmental assessment training, CAUTI education (except PICU, NICU, and psychiatry/behavioral health), preventing pressure injury, patient transport with oxygen, CLABSI prevention, infusion pump interoperability, fire safety, chaperone policy, ventricular assist device awareness, medication dispensing cabinet modules, language services, stroke education, and 21st Century Cures Act (not required for home health RNs).
• Required for RNs: AME blood administration module, updated annually.
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam is required for listed units. Operating room is not listed, so confirm with the unit.
• Patient bedside rounding is not required for operating room staff.
• eCart training is not required for perioperative/OR staff.
• Attestation of prior radiation exposure is required for operating room (adult and peds) and CVOR units.
• Submit the new employee orientation module by end of day on start date.
• Work with the recruiter on any required exemptions for vaccines or fit testing.