Stepdown RN
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Pediatric Stepdown RN

Overview

• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 10 weeks, winter coverage only
• Start date: ASAP, must start by 12/18/2026
• Facility type: Short-term acute care, Level I trauma center, 1,567 total staffed beds
• Scrub color: Royal blue

Schedule

• Day shift, 3x12 hours (7:00 to 19:00)
• 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Guaranteed hours
• Average nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:4
• Weekends: every other weekend
• Float required
• No holiday time off requests (RTO)
• No more than 5 days of time off requests (RTO)
• Local radius restrictions waived for this 10-week assignment

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• 2 years of stepdown experience
• Stepdown experience within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing

Preferred

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

Not Required for This Unit

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• NIH Stroke certification
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam
• Mobile heartbeat alarm module

Required Training and Attestations

• Suicide risk and environmental assessment training
• Language services training
• CAUTI education training
• Patient bedside rounding module
• Patient transportation with oxygen education
• CLABSI prevention training
• Preventing pressure injury training
• Baxter pump interoperability training
• Ventricular assist device awareness module
• Blood administration module, updated annually
• Stroke education module
• 21st Century Cures Act module
• Chaperone policy training
• Fire safety module
• Medication dispensing system modules
• Medication ordering system training
• New employee orientation module, completed by end of day on start date
• Facility electronic health record testing or training during orientation