ED Registered Nurse
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Registered Nurse – ER

Overview

• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Unit: ED (RN ED)
• Facility type: Short-term acute care, Level I Trauma Center, 1,567 staffed beds
• Shifts:

  • Day (4x12 hours), 11:00 to 23:00
  • Evening (4x12 hours), 15:00 to 03:00
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 48 hours per week
• Ratios: Average 1:6 days and 1:6 nights
• Assignment: Assigned to one campus, with possible rotation to other campuses and ED observation
• Guaranteed hours: Yes
• Block schedule: Open to accommodating
• Float: Will float within scope to meet facility needs and will crosstrain
• On-call: Not required
• Weekend: Every other weekend required

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Emergency Department (ED) experience: 2 years
• Emergency Department (ED) experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• 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
• TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course)
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with Level 1 Trauma patients

Experience and Eligibility

• Does not accept first-time travelers
• Prior travel experience requirement: not stated in the source

Assignment Restrictions

• Travelers do not get trauma or rescue rooms.
• Travelers do not get triage assignments.
• Travelers do not get locked behavioral health units.
• Return-to-office (RTO) time off greater than 7 days requires approval.

Weekend Call-Out Policy

• A missed weekend shift is rescheduled as a make-up shift on another weekend within the next 6-week scheduling period, or sooner if the contract ends first.
• The traveler should contact the traveler managers right after the missed shift to request a make-up day.
• Make-up shifts replace a scheduled weekday shift that same week to avoid overtime. Overtime requires manager approval.
• A make-up shift that is missed is automatically rescheduled to the next weekend, with a coaching final warning for time and attendance.