St. Vincent's Medical Center
Community Hospital · Westport, Connecticut 06851
- 2
- open roles, live count
- 473
- beds
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 1 · Per-diem 1
Benefits
Nurse Residency Program for new RNs; Levels of Practice (ACE) advancement; support for ANCC specialty certification.
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.
Browse roles in Bridgeport- State price level · Connecticut
- 103.6
- 4% above the national average
- Median gross rent
- $1,450/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
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 & per-diem
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.
Why nurses stay
How they describe the culture
What nurses say in reviews
Glassdoor overall 3.3/5 from 51 reviews; 54% would recommend; work/life balance 3.1; culture 3.2. Bridgeport subset lower at 3.0 with 36% recommend. One longer-tenured review described a strong learning environment that felt less welcoming to experienced staff after a management change.
The good
- Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency enrolls every RN with under one year of experience
- Levels of Practice ACE career ladder via professional portfolios
- Shared Governance and a nurse staffing/scheduling team give bedside input
- Sixth consecutive Leapfrog A Hospital Safety Grade (Fall 2025)
- Reported 1.19 RN per bed and 11.1 nursing HPPD
- Competency-based orientation with dedicated Nursing Professional Development Specialists
The hard parts
- Glassdoor 3.3/5 from 51 reviews, with only 54% recommending
- Some experienced staff described a post-management preference for new grads
- Westport and immediate area housing is costly; many look to Norwalk, Fairfield, or Trumbull
- No published RN pay ranges in the available facts
“I came for the sign-on bonus. I stayed because on my hardest night, my whole team stayed with me.”
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 1, 2026
- Website
- stvincents.org ↗
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Westport, Connecticut
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