ED RN
Guilford, Connecticut
Yale New Haven Shoreline Medical Center - Guilford

Registered Nurse - ED/ER (Travel, Evening 3x12)

Overview

• Location: Guilford, Connecticut
• Role: Registered Nurse, ED/ER
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Purpose: Winter coverage for one 10-week contract only
• Start date: ASAP, must start by 12/18/2026
• Facility: Short-term acute care, Level I Trauma Center, 1,567 total staffed beds
• Assignment: Assigned to one campus, with possible rotation to other campuses
• Scrub color: Royal blue

Schedule and Contract

• Contract length: 10 weeks
• Shift: Evening, 3x12 hours (15:00 to 3:00)
• Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week
• Ratio: Average 1:6
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• Time off: No holiday RTO; no more than 5 days RTO
• Local radius restrictions: Waived for this 10-week assignment
• On-call: Not required
• Block schedule: Not open to accommodating a block schedule
• Guaranteed hours: Yes
• Float: Will float within scope to meet facility needs
• Exclusions: Travelers do not get trauma/rescue rooms, triage, or locked behavioral health units

Experience

• Preferred: 2 years of experience (preferred)
• Accepted: 1.5 years of experience from a like hospital
• First-time travelers: Not accepted

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Emergency Department (ED) experience of 1.5 years
• Emergency Department (ED) experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience in a hospital setting

Health Requirements

• Physical exam: Within 12 months of start
• TB: Negative T-Spot or QGold within 6 months of start, or 2 negative PPDs within 12 months; TB questionnaire updated annually
• Drug screen: 10-panel drug screen within 12 months of start
• Vaccinations: Hepatitis B, MMR (rubeola, mumps, rubella), and varicella documentation (titer or vaccines)
• Influenza: Vaccine or medical/religious exemption required during flu season; declinations not allowed
• Tdap: Highly preferred, not required; declination accepted
• N95 fit test: Within 12 months of start, updated annually; must be clean shaven

Required Training and Attestations

• Language services training
• CAUTI education training
• Suicide risk and environmental assessment training
• CLABSI prevention training
• Preventing pressure injury training
• Patient transportation with oxygen education
• Automated dispensing cabinet modules
• Baxter pump interoperability training
• Patient bedside rounding module
• Ventricular assist device awareness module
• AME blood administration module (updated annually)
• 21st Century Cures Act module
• ED handbook
• eCart training module
• Chaperone policy training
• Fire safety module
• New employee orientation module
• Software (EHR) testing available for ER RNs with listed experience, to skip orientation training