Stepdown RN
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Registered Nurse - Step Down

Assignment Overview

• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Start date: 12/18/2026
• Shift: Day, 4x12-hour shifts (7:00-19:30), 48 hours/week
• Guaranteed hours: Yes
• Patient ratio: Average 1:5-6
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• On-call: Not required
• Block schedule: Does not accommodate block schedules
• Float: Clinician may float within scope to meet facility needs
• Time off (RTO): Requests for more than 7 days require approval
• First-time travelers: Accepted
• Parking: $125/month

Facility Highlights

• Short-term acute care
• Level I Trauma Center
• 1,567 total staffed beds
• Scrub color: Royal blue
• Charting system: Epic

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Stepdown experience: 2 years required
• Stepdown experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing

Unit-Specific Certifications

• NIH Stroke Certification: Required for all RNs unless noted otherwise. Not required for pediatric population (including PICU), case management, behavioral health, or home health. Labor and Delivery requires it.
• NRP: Required for NICU
• TNCC: Required for ER. Preferred for Pediatric ER.
• CPI: Required for psychiatric/behavioral health. Preferred for ER RNs.
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam: Required for telemetry, ER/ED, ICU, progressive care/PCU, stepdown, PACU, IR/Cath/EP, endoscopy/GI, and Labor and Delivery. Not required for NICU, psych/behavioral health, pediatric, or ambulatory units.
• Check unit description (cost center) for required certifications: ACLS, PALS (not required for Pediatric Stepdown), EFM, and chemotherapy

Preferred

• Tdap within 10 years of start is highly preferred, not required. A Tdap declination is acceptable. TD is not accepted in its place.
• COVID vaccine initial series, if previously received

Required Facility Trainings and Attestations

Completed after receiving training modules and submitting attestations:

• Language services training
• CAUTI education training
• 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
• ED handbook (ED/ER RNs only)
• eCart training module
• Chaperone policy training
• Fire safety module
• Suicide risk and environmental assessment training
• Stroke education module and NIHSS module
• Mobile heartbeat alarm module (not required for ER/ED, pediatrics, ICU, or NICU)
• New employee orientation module, copy due by end of day on start date