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Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist - Bridgeport

Hartford HealthCare · Bridgeport, CT

Posted October 16, 2026

St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport) · 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT, US, 06606

  • Pay range: $197.12 – $288.94 per hour (about $410K – $601K a year full-time)
  • Practice site: St. Vincent's Medical Center, 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT
  • Schedule: Full Time
  • System: Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive health system

Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist Opportunity in Bridgeport, Connecticut

We invite board certified/board eligible Critical Care Intensivists, with experience in caring for cardiothoracic surgery patients, to learn more about this outstanding opportunity to join Hartford HealthCare’s Heart & Vascular Institute (HVI), a national leader in cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment, surgery, and research, providing personalized care to more patients and performing more advanced cardiac procedures than any other cardiac program in Connecticut**.** Hartford HealthCare’s Heart & Vascular Institute (HVI) is seeking a full-time Critical Care Intensivist to join our growing intensivist team. This position will focus on delivering superb clinical care to a diverse, medically complex patient population, supported by the highest-caliber cardiovascular invasive, diagnostic, and surgical services in a collaborative and multidisciplinary setting.

Position Details and Requirements:

  • Opportunity for a BC/BE Critical Care physician to join a team of collegial and highly trained ICU staff at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
  • Care for patients with complex cardiovascular disease which can include pre- and post-operative care
  • Successful candidate will be able to place chest tubes and perform bronchoscopy
  • The system-wide Heart and Vascular Institute is one of the strongest programs in the country, performing over 1500 surgeries per year.

About Hartford HealthCare:

There are no limits to what you can achieve when you join Hartford HealthCare. The extensive capabilities of the most integrated health care system in CT offer physicians MORE OPPORTUNITY as you practice alongside nationally respected colleagues in a progressive, physician-led environment. Our broad network includes eight acute care hospitals including one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in New England with more than 2,800 providers.

This means MORE OPTIONS to propel your career to new heights and all within a deeply embedded culture of inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. We are teachers, researchers, leaders and, most of all, caregivers.

Located within two hours of Boston and New York City, Connecticut offers you and your family access to a lifestyle that is second to none. Enjoy the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas.

This is a salaried position. While compensation is presented as an hourly rate for consistency across our postings, this position is paid on a salary basis. The hiring range reflects a good faith estimate of pay for this position as of the posting date. Actual pay will be determined based on qualifications, location, internal equity, and other factors that may include hire bonuses, incentive pay plans, loan repayment, administrative stipends, or relocation.

Qualifications

Qualifications: BC/BE: Critical Care Medicine. Experience with Cardiac Critical Care and pre/post cardiac surgery patients required.

Employer

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut's most comprehensive health system: eight acute-care hospitals, the state's largest behavioral health network, and more than 500 care locations, from Litchfield County to the Long Island Sound shoreline. Its physician-led Hartford HealthCare Medical Group, with more than 2,800 providers, is one of the largest multi-specialty groups in New England.

Hartford Hospital, the flagship, is an 867-bed tertiary and academic medical center and a major teaching hospital for the University of Connecticut. Community hospitals include The Hospital of Central Connecticut, MidState Medical Center, Backus Hospital, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Manchester Memorial Hospital and St. Vincent's Medical Center. Natchaug Hospital anchors behavioral health care in eastern Connecticut.

Physicians practice within system-wide institutes that set one standard of care in every community:

  • Heart & Vascular Institute
  • Cancer Institute, a strategic partner of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2014
  • Ayer Neuroscience Institute
  • Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute
  • Behavioral Health Network

Why physicians choose Hartford HealthCare:

  • Practice settings from academic and tertiary care to close-knit community and outpatient practices
  • Teaching, research and leadership development through the Physician Leadership Institute
  • Hospitals consistently recognized with Leapfrog "A" safety grades
  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
  • A lifestyle with New England character: coastal towns, rolling hills, strong schools, and easy reach of Boston and New York City

Livability

921,660
Bridgeport population
$341K
Avg 3-bedroom home
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Nearby cities
Queens
44.3 mi
Pop. 2,405,464
Manhattan
49.4 mi
Pop. 1,694,263
Bronx
42.4 mi
Pop. 1,472,654
Source: US Census Bureau
Annual family budget — Greater Bridgeport County
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Housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare & taxes for a typical family
$341K
Avg 3-bedroom home
$2,983
Avg monthly rent
Source: EPI Family Budget Calculator
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Sunny days / yr
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Population — ZIP 06606
54,125
Total residents
26,410
Male residents
27,715
Female residents
Age distribution
total
54,125
0-9
4,724
10-19
8,380
20-29
7,828
30-39
6,073
40-49
9,000
50-59
7,595
60-69
5,295
70-79
3,337
80+
1,893
Ethnicity
White
25,755
Black Or African American
11,093
American Indian Or Alaskan Native
163
Asian
4,395
Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander
0
Other
8,009
Two Or More
4,710
Source: US Census Bureau
Nearby airports
LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 45.87 mi
Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) 17.08 mi
Westchester County Airport (HPN) 27.85 mi
Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP) 29.36 mi
New York Stewart International Airport (SWF) 50.68 mi
Teterboro Airport (TEB) 50.99 mi
Source: FAA database
Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist - Bridgeport
Hartford HealthCare · Bridgeport, CT