OR RN
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Operating Room Registered Nurse (Travel)

Job Overview

• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Facility type: Short-term acute care Level I Trauma Center
• Total staffed beds: 1,567
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Hours: 10 hours per day, 40 hours per week
• Scrub color: Royal blue

Schedule and Logistics

• Shift: Rotating days, evenings, and nights, 2x12 and 2x8 (the description states this is not 4x10s, though the listed shift is Day and Night 4x10)
• Schedule includes: Weekends, holidays, and on-call responsibilities
• Weekend work: Required
• On-call: Required
• Guaranteed hours: Yes
• Block schedule: Not open to accommodating a block schedule
• Return-to-origin (RTO) restrictions: RTO greater than 7 days requires approval

Experience and Clinical Requirements

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Operating Room (OR) experience: 2 years
• Operating Room experience within the last year
• 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
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Must be independent with craniotomy cases
• Must be independent with endovascular cases
• Trauma experience

Required Certifications

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), AHA or ARC only
• BLS (Basic Life Support), AHA or ARC only
• NIH Stroke Certification, required for RNs, with at least 2 CE hours from an acceptable provider (AACN, AHA, APEX, Blue Cloud, or HealthStream)
• Pending license accepted
• State license (CT or compact) verified within 30 days of start; the candidate must apply for a CT license within 72 hours if they do not hold one
• NURSYS verification within 30 days of start

Competencies and Exams

• Medication test/pharmacology competency exam: required within 12 months of start, passing score 85%
• Color blind test (online): required for all candidates, passing score 80%
• Exams dated before the signed contract are not accepted

Required Training and Attestations

• Language services training
• Suicide risk and environmental assessment training
• CAUTI education training
• CLABSI prevention training
• Preventing pressure injury training
• Patient transportation with oxygen education
• Pyxis ES MedStation modules
• Baxter pump interoperability training
• Mobile heartbeat alarm module
• Ventricular assist device awareness module
• Blood administration module (AME), updated annually
• Stroke education module
• 21st Century Cures Act module
• eCart training module
• Chaperone policy training
• Fire safety module
• New employee orientation module, completed by end of day on start date
• Electronic health record training during orientation, with an optional test-out
• Bedside rounding module does not apply to OR RNs

Background and Identity Verification

• Photo ID matching legal name, due on first day
• 7-year criminal background check within 12 months of start, updated annually, including SSN trace, counties lived and worked, statewide search, national sex offender and criminal searches, federal extended search, and DOJ sex offender search
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start
• Education verification of highest level of education; diplomas are not accepted, and only accredited schools are accepted
• Foreign equivalency evaluation and diploma required for internationally educated candidates

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 12 months of start (no annual update)
• Respirator fit test within 12 months of start, updated annually; candidates must be clean shaven for testing
• 10-panel drug screen within 12 months of start (rapid accepted; panels cannot be combined)
• TB: negative T-SPOT or QuantiFERON within 6 months of start, or 2 negative PPDs within 12 months; TB questionnaire updated annually
• Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B: positive titer or vaccine series, with medical or declination exemption options
• Seasonal flu vaccine or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (9/1 to 3/31), with a 12/1 deadline
• COVID vaccine series: preferred, not required

History and References

• 2 professional references (travel) within 3 years of start
• Employment application with a 7-year work history and no gaps greater than 90 days
• Work history verification for the last 7 years (attestations not accepted)
• Skills checklist within 12 months of start
• Prior radiation exposure attestation, updated if there is a 30-day gap in assignment