Stepdown Travel Nurse

This Stepdown travel nurse position in New Haven, Connecticut, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Yale New Haven Hospital . This role pays $2,140 per week and follows a Days shift with a 3x12 schedule. In this Stepdown travel nursing role, you will provide progressive care in a hospital setting, assess and monitor patient conditions, support urgent interventions, document care accurately, and collaborate with physicians and the clinical care team during fast-moving patient situations. Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage higher-acuity patients stepping down from intensive care who require close monitoring
• Monitor continuous telemetry and hemodynamic status, recognizing and escalating changes promptly
• Administer medications and IV therapy, including titratable drips approved for the unit, per facility protocol
• Care for patients on high-flow oxygen and non-invasive ventilation when assigned

Travel Nursing Requirements:

• 2+ years of recent Stepdown nursing experience
• Active Connecticut RN License

Yale New Haven Hospital - New Haven, CT Yale New Haven is one of the largest academic medical centers in the country - a 1,541-bed teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine and School of Nursing, and the major referral center for southern Connecticut.

• A Level I trauma center for both adults and children, paired with a comprehensive transplant center and certified heart and stroke programs - the full range of high-acuity academic nursing.
• A Magnet-designated nursing organization, the credential many travelers look for in an academic setting.
• Smilow Cancer Hospital (168 beds) with the affiliated Yale Cancer Center - Connecticut's only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center - for oncology and BMT nurses.
• Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (about 200 beds, Level I pediatric trauma) and a psychiatric hospital ranked among the nation's top ten, giving pediatric and behavioral-health RNs dedicated settings.
• Care across more than 100 specialties on two main campuses (York Street and Saint Raphael).