REGISTERED NURSE-Cath/EP Lab RN

Yale New Haven Health

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Posted Jul 16

Unit and setting: Hospital
License: RN licenseLicensed and currently registered nurse in State of Connecticut.
Term: Permanent

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License: Licensed and currently registered nurse in State of Connecticut. Check your license
Certification: BLS required, ACLS required within 30 days of hire.After hire · within 30 days
Certification: Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
Also asks: Must arrive to 10th floor of Bridgeport Hospital Main campus within 30min of emergency activation notification.
Also asks: Physical demands include prolonged standing, walking, exposure to infectious diseases, and ability to assist pushing/pulling/lifting patients ranging from 5 to 300 pounds.

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Education: Graduation from accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.
Experience: Acute Care RN experience required, Critical Care experience highly preferred.

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Registered Professional Nurse position in the Cath/EP Lab at Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health System. RN practices professional nursing within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, ANA Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, and ANA Code of Ethics. Responsibilities include standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, evaluation) and standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, environmental health).

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Graduation from accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred. Licensed and currently registered nurse in State of Connecticut. Acute Care RN experience required, Critical Care experience highly preferred. BLS required, ACLS required within 30 days of hire. Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged. Must arrive to 10th floor of Bridgeport Hospital Main campus within 30min of emergency activation notification. Physical demands include prolonged standing, walking, exposure to infectious diseases, and ability to assist pushing/pulling/lifting patients ranging from 5 to 300 pounds.

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In Bridgeport, CT

Bridgeport, CTFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 4% above the US average

Median rent: $1,450/mo
Household income: $58,685/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Bridgeport, CT

NeighborhoodsBlack Rock, on the southwestern waterfront, is the neighborhood locals and moving guides most often recommend for families and professionals: National Register historic districts, a mix of modern and historic homes, cafes and restaurants along Fairfield Avenue, parks and beaches, and a tight-knit mix of young professionals, artists, and academics with highway and transit access. Downtown Bridgeport is the urban option for busy professionals—theaters, restaurants, and the train—but most residents rent and housing is limited; 20th-century condos there cost about $180,000–$230,000. The North End is a quieter, suburban-style pocket of tree-lined streets and spacious homes aimed at families. Fairfield just west and Stratford just east (roughly $20,000–$30,000 more for similar housing) are frequently named as adjacent alternatives; East Side is noted for artistic character.

Black Rock, on the southwestern waterfront, is the neighborhood locals and moving guides most often recommend for families and professionals: National Register historic districts, a mix of modern and historic homes, cafes and restaurants along Fairfield Avenue, parks and beaches, and a tight-knit mix of young professionals, artists, and academics with highway and transit access. Downtown Bridgeport is the urban option for busy professionals—theaters, restaurants, and the train—but most residents rent and housing is limited; 20th-century condos there cost about $180,000–$230,000. The North End is a quieter, suburban-style pocket of tree-lined streets and spacious homes aimed at families.

Fairfield just west and Stratford just east (roughly $20,000–$30,000 more for similar housing) are frequently named as adjacent alternatives; East Side is noted for artistic character.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: unitsstorage.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: movers.com Source 7: homes.com

Getting aroundTypical citywide commute is about 23.08 minutes. Metro-North’s New Haven Line from Bridgeport station is described as fast, cheap, and reliable; Manhattan is roughly an hour away on a about 60-mile trek. Downtown residents walk or catch the bus; Black Rock sits near major highways and public transportation. A ferry from downtown to Port Jefferson, Long Island, takes about an hour and is used for day trips and some work commutes. Sources do not describe hospital-campus parking or drive times to specific medical centers.

Typical citywide commute is about 23.08 minutes. Metro-North’s New Haven Line from Bridgeport station is described as fast, cheap, and reliable; Manhattan is roughly an hour away on a about 60-mile trek.

Downtown residents walk or catch the bus; Black Rock sits near major highways and public transportation. A ferry from downtown to Port Jefferson, Long Island, takes about an hour and is used for day trips and some work commutes.

Sources do not describe hospital-campus parking or drive times to specific medical centers.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: homes.com

OutdoorsSeaside Park is the main coastal green space, with walking trails, picnic areas, beaches, and an arch monument; Pleasure Beach is another city beach. Downtown adds pocket parks, McLevy Green at City Hall Park, Riverfront Park with a baseball diamond by the Pequonnock, and Roosevelt Field athletic fields. Black Rock offers waterfront parks and beaches; St. Mary’s by the Sea is a named scenic stop. Beardsley Zoo—Connecticut’s only zoo—has landscaped grounds and animals including tigers, wolves, monkeys, and reptiles, plus conservation programs. Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course (established 1934) and the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum (climbing) round out recreation; shoreline running, fishing, and the Port Jefferson ferry are warm-weather staples.

Seaside Park is the main coastal green space, with walking trails, picnic areas, beaches, and an arch monument; Pleasure Beach is another city beach. Downtown adds pocket parks, McLevy Green at City Hall Park, Riverfront Park with a baseball diamond by the Pequonnock, and Roosevelt Field athletic fields.

Black Rock offers waterfront parks and beaches; St. Mary’s by the Sea is a named scenic stop. Beardsley Zoo—Connecticut’s only zoo—has landscaped grounds and animals including tigers, wolves, monkeys, and reptiles, plus conservation programs.

Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course (established 1934) and the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum (climbing) round out recreation; shoreline running, fishing, and the Port Jefferson ferry are warm-weather staples.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: unitsstorage.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: bridgeportct.gov Source 5: facebook.com Source 6: youtube.com Source 7: homes.com

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Bridgeport is Connecticut’s largest city—a former industrial hub (GE, Remington, Singer) in a slow renaissance of warehouse apartments, murals, and walkable downtown. For a relocating nurse, the draw is Long Island Sound plus Metro-North about an hour from Manhattan, at prices undercutting much of Fairfield County: median home $310,873, downtown condos $180,000–$230,000, though renovated singles in good pockets now run $400,000-plus. Black Rock is the usual recommendation: waterfront historic districts, Fairfield Avenue dining, BRYAC, families and young professionals. Downtown suits renters near Ralph ’n’ Rich’s, Joseph’s Steakhouse, Brewport, Cabaret Theater, Stress Factory comedy, and the train; the North End is quieter and tree-lined. Tradeoffs are blunt—Roosevelt School C-minus on Niche, a high school D-plus, and poverty, homelessness, and crime outside nicer blocks, which is why some locals point to Stratford. Expect humid 80s summers at Seaside Park and Pleasure Beach, winters in the high 20s to low 40s with occasional snow, plus Beardsley Zoo, the Port Jefferson ferry, Total Mortgage Arena, and Black Rock Porch Fest.

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As of 2026Source 1: homes.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: unitsstorage.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: movers.com Source 7: grad.southernct.edu Source 8: bridgeportct.gov

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