Stepdown RN
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport Hospital

Step Down RN

Overview

• Specialty: Registered Nurse
• Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Contract length: 10 weeks (winter coverage only)
• Start date: Must start by 12/18/2026
• Facility: Short-term acute care hospital with 426 staffed beds and a Level II trauma center
• Parking: Free

Schedule and Expectations

• Shift: 3x12-hour days, 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Weekends: Works every other weekend
• Float: Floats as needed for the department
• Time off: No holiday RTO; no more than 5 days RTO
• Local radius: Restrictions waived for this 10-week assignment

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Minimum 2 years of stepdown experience, including stepdown experience within the last year
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIHSS certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience with Epic

Competencies and Exams

• Medication/pharmacology competency exam, passing score 85%, completed within 12 months of start
• Online color blindness test, passing score 80%, dated on or after the contract is signed
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam, required for this unit

Health Requirements

• Physical exam completed within 12 months of start; does not need annual updates
• 10-panel drug screen completed within 12 months of start; each panel must be listed separately
• Fit test (N95 mask) completed within 12 months of start and updated annually; clean shaven for testing
• Negative TB test within the required timeframe, plus an annual TB questionnaire
• Measles, mumps, and rubella immunity documented by positive titer or 2 MMR vaccines
• Hepatitis B immunity documented by positive titer, proof of the 3-dose series, or a declination within 1 year of start
• Varicella immunity documented by positive titer, 2 vaccines, or physician-documented history
• Flu vaccine or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (09/01 to 03/31); declinations not allowed; deadline 12/01

Required Training and Attestations

Each module is completed through an attestation.

• Language services training
• CAUTI education training
• Suicide risk and environmental assessment training
• Mobile heartbeat alarm module
• Stroke education module, plus the NIHSS module before start
• CLABSI prevention training
• Preventing pressure injury training
• Patient transportation with oxygen education
• Pyxis ES MedStation 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
• eCart training module
• Chaperone policy training
• Fire safety module
• Copy of new employee orientation module completed by end of day on start date

Employment History and References

• 7-year work history with no gaps longer than 90 days
• Verification of the last 7 years of employment for start dates on or after 8/2/2024
• Skills checklist completed within 12 months of start
• 2 professional references within 3 years of start

Preferred

• Tdap vaccination within 10 years of start (a declination is acceptable)
• Initial COVID vaccine series, if previously received

Other Details

• Charting system experience with Epic
• Vaccine exemption forms and medical exemptions require facility approval