Nurse (40 Hour)

State of Connecticut • East Windsor, CT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families is hiring a Nurse for the Solnit North Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility in East Windsor, Connecticut. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position on the third shift, scheduled from 11:00 PM to 7:30 AM. Days off are Saturday and Sunday in week one, and Friday and Monday in week two.

The position provides professional nursing care to adolescents in a psychiatric residential treatment setting. Nurses assess, diagnose, and manage mental health conditions; provide holistic care that considers individual, family, and social contexts; administer and monitor medications; and respond to crises through immediate interventions and de-escalation to promote safety. The role may also involve participation in interdisciplinary treatment planning and psychiatric, therapeutic, and rehabilitation interventions.

The minimum qualification is graduation from an accredited nursing program. Incumbents must possess and retain a Connecticut Registered Nurse license or temporary permit, or a multistate or compact Registered Nurse license. Preferred qualifications include experience in a hospital, regional, institutional, or psychiatric setting, particularly experience working with children in such a setting. The work may involve lifting or restraining individuals, exposure to communicable or infectious diseases, risk of injury from assaultive or abusive individuals, and disagreeable conditions.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• Must possess and retain a Connecticut Registered Nurse license or temporary permit, or hold a multistate or compact Registered Nurse license.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply professional nursing theory, practice, and ethics; current medications and their actions, interactions, uses, and side effects; medical, therapeutic, and psychiatric nursing interventions and methods; quality standards, procedures, and protocols; and culturally and socio-economically sensitive care.
• Ability to apply clinical therapeutic models of individual care with an interdisciplinary team approach.
• Interpersonal, oral communication, and written communication skills.
• Ability to serve as a role model for health care staff by demonstrating and teaching professional behaviors.
• Ability to learn specialized individual care applicable to the work assignment; listen and provide empathetic assistance; develop therapeutic relationships; respond to emergencies and seek supervision; foster cooperation and teamwork; and analyze and evaluate proper care and treatment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a hospital, regional, institutional, or psychiatric setting.
• Experience working with children in a hospital, regional, institutional, or psychiatric setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care and independently implement the nursing process.
• Carry out physician orders regarding diet, medication, and treatment.
• Assess individuals and monitor and ensure quality care through observation and evaluation.
• Report on individuals’ physiological and mental health status.
• Document nursing interventions in medical records; maintain records and prepare reports.
• Distribute and maintain records of controlled drugs and ensure their security.
• Make decisions in routine cases.
• Instruct individuals, staff, and family members about treatments, nursing plans, and related care issues.
• Respond to emergencies.
• Maintain availability of medications and supplies, and ensure the cleanliness of equipment and the environment.
• May participate in interdisciplinary treatment teams to assess, develop, implement, and evaluate treatment or health and mental health care plans.
• May formulate and implement nursing care plans; participate in outpatient clinics and assist with physical examinations; and administer routine tests.
• May conduct training and delegate nursing tasks consistent with established protocols.
• May participate in psychotherapeutic and rehabilitation interventions, physically restrain individuals, and provide related medical or mental health specialty services.
• May serve as a Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional.
• Perform related duties as required.

Benefits

• State Employee Retirement System
• A variety of medical and dental plans
• Sick and personal leave
• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer; qualifying student loans may be eligible for forgiveness after 10 years of service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed