Overview
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values—integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion—must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
A registered professional nurse who utilizes the nursing process in providing nursing care and assumes the responsibility and accountability for prescribing, delegating and coordinating that care.
- EEO/AA Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran The Emergency Department (ED) at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is part of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS).
- Bridgeport Hospital is a private, not-for-profit acute care, community-teaching hospital located in Connecticut's most populous city.
- We work collaboratively to provide compassionate care and utilize evidence-based practice to improve outcomes.
- Our ED is a 45-bed unit that accommodates the care of 92,000 visits per year using an innovative vertical flow model.
- We are a state-designated regional level II Trauma Center and Connecticut's only Burn Center.
- The Bridgeport ED is also an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, Heart and Vascular Center, and the first Accredited Geriatric Emergency Department in Connecticut.
- Within the 45-beds, the ED has Bridgeport’s only dedicated to Children’s Emergency Department.
- This 7-bed unit is staffed with board-certified emergency medicine physicians, advanced practice providers, child life specialists, and specially trained pediatric ED nurses.
- In 2022, we opened a newly remodeled 10-bed Behavioral Health Unit.
- The Behavioral Health Unit was designed to provide a safe environment for patients who require emergency psychiatric care.
- The Behavioral Health Crisis Unit is staffed by specially trained psychiatric physicians, advanced practice providers, and psychiatric nursing staff.
- The ED at Bridgeport Hospital is staffed with registered nurses trained in Emergency Nursing and provides care for patients across the lifespan.
- Our ED hires many experienced nurses from other specialties and new graduate nurses into a comprehensive nurse residency program each year.
- Supporting our nursing staff, the ED technicians serve as essential team members within the department, assisting with EKGs, lab draws, splinting, suture removal, and ensuring a positive patient experience.
- The medical provider staffing consists of board-certified emergency medicine physicians and advanced practice providers.
- As a primary teaching hospital, the ED works closely with emergency medicine residents from Yale University.
- We also host nursing, medical, and advanced practice students from universities in our area.
- Bridgeport Hospital's ED prides itself on delivering patient-centered care, utilizing a collaborative approach with all emergency professionals.
- The ED staff is a highly skilled team that shares a common vision of providing high-quality care in a timely manner to Emergency Department patients.
- We value Nursing Professional Governance and use evidence and data to support our practice with the patient and family at the center, always.
Responsibilities
**This is a paid training program. Nurses will be placed in a F/T 36 hour position (with a high probability of Evening or night shift) after successful completion. Start dates in October 2026
Qualifications
Licensure
- Registered Nurse in the State of Connecticut. ACLS, TNCC and ENPC must be obtained within 18 months of employment and are offered through our system.
- EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred.
- SPECIAL
- SKILLS: Good interpersonal skills. Successful completion of orientation.
