Emergency Department Registered Nurse
Guilford, Connecticut
Yale New Haven Shoreline Medical Center - Guilford

Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department (ED)

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

Job Details

• Schedule: 4x12 hour shifts
• Start Date: ASAP
• Patient Ratios: Average 1:6
• Experience Required: Preferred 2 years; will accept 1.5 years from a similar hospital
• First-timers: Not accepted
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• On-call: Not required
• Floating: Yes, within scope to meet facility needs
• Block Schedule Accommodation: Yes
• Pending License Accepted: Yes
• Return to Origin (RTO) Restrictions: RTO greater than 7 days requires approval
• Guaranteed Hours: Yes
• Special Notes:

  • Assigned to one campus with possible rotation to others
  • Travelers do not work trauma/rescue rooms, triage, or locked behavioral health units

Facility Highlights

• Short Term Acute Care Facility
• Level I Trauma Center
• Total Staffed Beds: 1,567
• Charting System: Epic
• Scrub Color: Royal Blue

Required Certifications

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

Background and Compliance Requirements

• 7-year criminal background check within 12 months of start, updated annually
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start
• Education verification including foreign equivalency evaluation if applicable
• State license primary source verification within 30 days of start
• NURSYS license verification within 30 days of start
• Employment application with 7-year work history, no gaps over 90 days
• Work history verification for last 7 years (attestations not accepted)
• Skills checklist within 12 months of start
• Attestation of prior radiation exposure if applicable to certain units

Competency Exams

• Medication Test/Pharmacology Competency Exam (85% passing score required)
• Color Blind Testing (required for all candidates starting 8/2/2024, 80% passing score)
• Dysrhythmia/EKG Competency Exam (required for Telemetry, MS/Tele, ER, all ICU units)

Facility-Specific Training and Documents (Required)

• Stroke Education (except Pediatric specialties and NICU)
• CLABSI Prevention for Adult and Pediatric Training
• Preventing Pressure Injury Training
• Language Services Training
• CAUTI Education Training (except PICU, NICU, Psychiatry/Behavioral Health)
• Patient Transportation with Oxygen Education
• Suicide Risk and Environmental Assessment Training
• Pyxis ES MedStation Modules
• Baxter Pump Interoperability Training
• Patient Bedside Rounding (except OR, Behavioral Health, Ambulatory, ER/ED)
• Ventricular Assist Device Awareness (except certain hospitals)
• 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 ED/ER RNs only)
• 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)
• EPIC Testing or Training (highly encouraged for those with Epic experience)
• Vaccination Booster Medical Exemption (if applicable)

Health Requirements

• Physical Exam within 12 months of start
• Fit Mask Test within 12 months, updated annually (3M N95 preferred)
• Tetanus/Diphtheria/Tdap vaccination preferred for Pediatric, Labor & Delivery, Postpartum (declination accepted)
• Negative TB test or Chest X-Ray documentation (various acceptable tests)
• TB Questionnaire updated annually
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) immunity or vaccination with boosters as needed
• Hepatitis B immunity or vaccination/declination within 1 year
• Varicella immunity or vaccination with boosters as needed
• 10 Panel Drug Screen within 12 months of start
• Seasonal Flu Vaccination or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (9/1 - 3/31)
• COVID vaccination series preferred

This position is ideal for experienced ED RNs who meet the certification and compliance requirements and are comfortable with a travel contract role in a Level I Trauma Center environment.