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Travel Emergency Department Registered Nurse (RN) – 13-Week Contract in New Haven, Connecticut

Take your next travel nursing assignment in New Haven, CT, and provide high-quality emergency care to patients across the lifespan. This 13-week Emergency Room RN opportunity offers community hospital experience, supportive interdisciplinary collaboration, and approximately 180 emergency department visits per day.

Join a fast-paced emergency department team caring for a diverse patient population in a vibrant coastal city known for its historic neighborhoods, arts and culture, excellent dining, and easy access to southern New England.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Specialty: Emergency Department Registered Nurse (ED RN / Emergency Room RN)
• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,980–$2,080
• Start Date: October 23, 2026
• Contract End Date: January 22, 2027
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Schedule: Three 12-hour day shifts per week, 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Patient Ratios: Approximately 1:6 on days, nights, and weekends
• Patient Population: Infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients
• Electronic Medical Record: Epic experience preferred
• Orientation: 36 hours
• Assignment Flexibility: Nurses may float within scope of practice to support operational needs and may rotate between area campuses

Emergency Department RN Job Requirements

• At least 2 years of recent Emergency Department or Emergency Room nursing experience preferred; candidates with 1.5 years may be considered with experience in a comparable or high-acuity hospital setting
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in Connecticut or proof that the Connecticut license application has been initiated before submission
• Current BLS, ACLS, and TNCC certifications; TNS may be accepted in place of TNCC
• Community hospital nursing experience required
• Trauma nursing experience preferred, including Level I or Level II trauma exposure
• Experience caring for patients with medical, surgical, pediatric, psychiatric, neurologic, cardiac, respiratory, and traumatic conditions
• Strong patient assessment, prioritization, communication, and crisis-management skills
• Ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams and float within the nurse's scope of practice
• Influenza vaccination required

Emergency Nursing Responsibilities

• Provide safe, efficient, and compassionate emergency nursing care to patients across the lifespan
• Perform focused patient assessments, support triage, complete ongoing reassessments, and promptly escalate changes in patient condition
• Care for patients experiencing acute medical, cardiac, neurologic, respiratory, psychiatric, infectious, and traumatic conditions
• Administer medications, blood products, IV therapies, emergency interventions, procedural sedation, and other treatments according to orders and department standards
• Monitor and care for patients requiring ventilatory support, BiPAP/CPAP, vasopressors, central lines, chest tubes, arterial lines, or continuous sedation
• Recognize and respond to dysrhythmias, stroke symptoms, STEMI presentations, seizures, overdose, sepsis, behavioral emergencies, and other time-sensitive conditions
• Collaborate with respiratory therapy, radiology, pharmacy, social services, IV teams, transportation, and other healthcare support departments
• Document patient care accurately in Epic and communicate effectively during handoffs and transitions of care
• Support staffing needs by floating between assigned campuses when appropriate and within scope of practice

Apply now for this Emergency Department travel nursing opportunity in New Haven, Connecticut, and advance your nursing career with a rewarding 13-week RN contract.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.