Travel RN - Emergency Dept

Travel RN - Emergency Dept

American Traveler

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 2

Start date: 2026-12-04

$3,444.08/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for an Emergency Department night shift position requiring Level I Trauma Center experience and CT or compact RN licensure.

Details

• Level I Trauma Center, Short Term Acute Care facility with 1,567 staffed beds
• General Emergency Department treating combined adult/pediatric patients
• Average patient ratio of 1:6 for both day and night shifts
• Night shift, 4x12 hour shifts from 19:00-7:00
• Every other weekend required
• No on-call requirements
• Cross training and floating between campuses required within scope
• Assigned to one campus with possibility of rotating to other campuses
• Travelers do not staff trauma/rescue rooms, triage, or locked behavioral health units
• Uses Epic for charting

Requirements

• Active CT or compact RN license required
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, TNCC
• Preferred certifications: CPI, ENPC, NIHSS, PALS
• Minimum 2 years of ED experience required, though 1.5 years from a Level I trauma hospital may be considered
• Community hospital experience required
• Trauma Level I and II experience preferred
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Epic charting experience preferred
• Experience with cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia management, and 12-lead EKG interpretation
• Experience managing psychiatric and behavioral health patients
• Experience with IV therapy including arterial lines, central lines, and vasopressors
• 1 professional reference required

Additional Information

• Provide emergency nursing care across a broad range of conditions including trauma, cardiac, neurological, respiratory, and psychiatric cases
• Participate in care involving intubation, ventilator management, and procedural sedation
• Support stroke and STEMI certified protocols
• Flu vaccine required with no declinations accepted
• COVID vaccine and booster required with religious or medical exemption only
• First-time travelers are accepted
• Pending license candidates accepted
• RTO requests greater than 7 days require facility approval
• Local candidates not accepted within a 75-mile radius of the facility
• Previous staff must have been separated for at least 2 years to be considered as a traveler

Hours per week: 48

Hours per shift: 12