St. Vincent's Medical Center

Community Hospital · Westport, CT

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37
open roles, live count: 473
beds

On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Setting: Community Hospital
Shifts hiring now: Days 15 · Rotating 7 · Nights 4 · Evenings 2

Benefits

Nurse Residency Program for new RNs; Levels of Practice (ACE) advancement; support for ANCC specialty certification.

What stands out

New graduates
Every licensed RN with less than one year of experience is enrolled in a one-year Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency transition program.
Sources
As of 2025Source 1: stvincents.org Source 2: stvincents.org
Experienced nurses
You can advance through Levels of Practice (LOP) ACE by building a professional portfolio around clinical excellence, development, and volunteerism on Benner's model.
Sources
As of 2025Source: stvincents.org
Experienced nurses
Shared Governance Councils and a Nurse Staffing and Scheduling Team give staff nurses a formal say in scheduling and practice norms.
Sources
As of 2025Source: stvincents.org

More about working here

Moving here
The hospital holds a sixth consecutive Leapfrog A safety grade as of Fall 2025 and a 2025 CHA award for lowering PCI mortality with data-driven work.
Sources
As of 2025 · 2025-06-18Source 1: stvincents.org Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: cthosp.org
New graduates
Orientation is competency-based, and each specialty pairs you with a Nurse Manager and a Nursing Professional Development Specialist.
Sources
As of 2025Source: stvincents.org
Experienced nurses
Reported staffing runs about 1.19 RN per bed with 11.1 nursing HPPD at this 473-bed community teaching hospital.
Sources
Source: allnurses.com
Experienced nurses
Adult Psych sits as a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility at 47 Long Lots Rd in Westport under the same system.
Sources
As of 2025Source 1: stvincents.org Source 2: stvincents.org Source 3: glassdoor.com
Moving here
You would join roughly 900 nurses inside Hartford HealthCare's Fairfield County hospital, a nonprofit teaching campus founded in 1903.
Sources
As of 2025Source 1: stvincents.org Source 2: stvincents.org Source 3: glassdoor.com Source 4: stvincents.org

Starting out and growing here

Nurse residency: Nurse Residency Program · Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program
Sources
As of 2025Source 1: stvincents.org Source 2: stvincents.org
Preceptors and orientation: Competency-based Patient Care Services Orientation; each specialty supported by Nurse Manager and Nursing Professional Development Specialist.
Sources
As of 2025Source: stvincents.org
Career development: Levels of Practice (LOP) Advancement for Clinical Excellence (ACE) rewards RNs via professional portfolios for clinical excellence, development, and volunteerism; based on Benner's model.
Sources
As of 2025Source: stvincents.org

Working conditions

Charting system: Cerner
Sources
Source: linkedin.com
Scheduling: Shared Governance Councils and Nurse Staffing and Scheduling Team give staff nurses input on best practices and scheduling.
Sources
As of 2025Source: stvincents.org

The city

Living in Bridgeport, CT

Bridgeport sits along Connecticut's Long Island Sound shoreline, offering nurses a mid-size city vibe with waterfront access at Seaside Park and the walkable Black Rock neighborhood's cafés and pubs. It's a practical base between New York and New Haven with regional rail access, local arts venues, and diverse community life.

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State price level · Connecticut: 4% above the national average; State index 103.6 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $1,450/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $58,685/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024

Who they are

You would step into a 473-bed community teaching hospital on Main Street in Bridgeport, with a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric campus on Long Lots Road in Westport. St. Vincent's is a nonprofit founded in 1903, now part of Hartford HealthCare, with roughly 900 nurses and more than 3,200 employees.

Community Hospital · Bridgeport
Hiring days & rotating & nights

More about St. Vincent's Medical Center

Charting runs on Cerner. If you have less than a year of experience, you enter the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency for a full one-year transition. Orientation is competency-based, and each specialty is supported by a Nurse Manager and a Nursing Professional Development Specialist. Later, Levels of Practice (LOP) Advancement for Clinical Excellence (ACE) lets you move up through a professional portfolio tied to clinical work, development, and volunteerism. Staff nurses also sit on Shared Governance Councils and a Nurse Staffing and Scheduling Team that shape scheduling and practice norms. The campus has a sixth consecutive Leapfrog A safety grade through Fall 2025 and a 2025 CHA John D. Thompson Award for data-driven work that lowered PCI mortality. Glassdoor, though, sits at 3.3 out of 5 from 51 reviews, with about 54% willing to recommend it—so the picture is steady on safety metrics and mixed on day-to-day sentiment.

Continues Christ's healing ministry as part of Hartford HealthCare; encourages ANCC specialty certification and nurse-led research.

Working here

Culture and working life

shared governancenurse residencyteaching hospitalprofessional developmentsafety-focusedportfolio advancementpsych nursingHartford HealthCare

Themes from public reviews

Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.

Learning environment vs management change: Former long-term employee found it a good learning place until new management; felt preference shifted toward new grads over experienced staff.; Sources
As of 2017-03-18Source: glassdoor.com
Overall Glassdoor ratings: Overall 3.3/5 from 51 reviews; 54% would recommend; work/life 3.1; culture 3.2; Bridgeport subset lower at 3.0 with 36% recommend.; Sources
As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.com Source 2: glassdoor.com
Staffing and nurse satisfaction claims: Employer and third-party note low vacancy/turnover, improving nurse satisfaction, and relatively strong RN-per-bed staffing.; Sources
As of 2025Source 1: stvincents.org Source 2: allnurses.com

More review themes

Patient experience complaint: Reddit poster described feeling ignored and poorly treated during a personal stay.; Sources
As of 2025Source: reddit.com

What to weigh

Glassdoor sits at 3.3 out of 5 from 51 reviews, with only 54% saying they would recommend the place.

Sources

As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.com Source 2: glassdoor.com

The reality check

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Quick facts

Relationship: Direct employer
Roles last seen active: Sep 11, 2026
Website: stvincents.org ↗

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The units

A closer look at the units

Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.

PsychDays 5 · Evenings 1new grads9 open
RehabDays 4new grads4 open
ElectrophysiologyDays 12 open
Float-PoolEvenings 1 · Rotating 1new grads2 open
L&DNights 2new grads2 open
OncologyDays 12 open
Adult Psych
76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport; RN Nurse Manager - Adult Psych posting at 47 Long Lots Rd Westport.
Sources
Source location unconfirmedSource: stvincents.org
Hospital-wide
CMS-related staffing: RN per Bed 1.19, HPPD (Nursing) 11.1, RN Staffing 473; part of Hartford HealthCare.
Sources
Source location unconfirmedSource: allnurses.com

Open roles

Current openings at St. Vincent's Medical Center

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St. Vincent's Medical Center

What the day-to-day looks like

Benefits

What stands out

Starting out and growing here

Working conditions

Living in Bridgeport, CT

Culture and working life

Themes from public reviews

What to weigh

Before you decide

Quick facts

Weighing a first job here?

Work here?

A closer look at the units

Adult Psych

Hospital-wide

Current openings at St. Vincent's Medical Center