Registered Nurse: Mills House - 7303

Community Health Resources • Windsor, CT

12d • $31 - $46 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct services to clients in the 24/7 residential setting at Mills House, a community-based group home in Windsor, Connecticut. Mills House serves five boys aged 14–21 who have experienced serious emotional and behavioral problems and previously lived in more restrictive programs or institutions. The program offers a familial, community setting and supports residents in developing skills for life outside institutional care through participation in community activities.

The nurse supports integrated behavioral health and medical treatment planning and comprehensive care management for people with substance use and mental health disorders. The position includes medication monitoring, crisis response, supervision of laboratory testing, treatment and psychoeducation, documentation, and support for residents’ rehabilitation and daily living skills. The role is part-time at 15 hours per week, with scheduled hours to be determined.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• RN licensure.
• Experience working with patients with substance use and mental health disorders.
• Experience working in a managed care environment.
• RN license to practice in Connecticut.
• CPR and First Aid certification, or ability to obtain certification within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct services to clients in the 24/7 residential setting.
• Demonstrate understanding of treatment for substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders relevant to the population served.
• Intervene in client differences or conflicts to support a positive milieu.
• Recognize the importance of family and natural support connections for clients.
• Build and maintain positive, healthy rapport with clients through trust, interest, active engagement, and support for their competencies.
• Teach and support learning across coping skills, activities of daily living, psychoeducation, and connections to community resources and self-help groups.
• Transport clients as needed.
• Document planned interventions, behavioral incidents, observations, and assessments of clients’ skills, behavior, and moods objectively and professionally.
• Provide integrated behavioral health and medical treatment planning and comprehensive care management for adults with substance use and mental health disorders.
• Maintain knowledge of current ideas, theories, and research concerning treatment of people with complex behavioral health and medical issues, including factors contributing to health care disparities.
• Supervise on-site and off-site laboratory testing according to agency policies.
• Develop and provide individual and group treatment and psychoeducational groups to help clients understand and manage medications and side effects, behavioral health symptoms, recovery skills, and healthy lifestyles.
• Provide crisis assessment and intervention to monitor clients’ status during crises.
• Monitor residents’ medications in accordance with the Adult Residential Medication Policy and Procedure.
• Teach and assist residents with rehabilitation, including nutrition and healthy living, meal preparation, hygiene, laundry, banking and budgeting, and basic home care skills.
• Assist with or manage administrative functions and tasks as directed by the supervisor.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Paid time off, including a birthday benefit.
• Employer contributions to a 403(b) retirement plan.
• Competitive insurance premiums and discounts on pet, home, and auto insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs, including tuition discounts at local colleges and universities.
• Career development opportunities and free training, including a Clinical Training Series.
• Clinical supervision and/or mentoring at several programs.
• Wellness stipend, free Calm premium subscription, and six free confidential counseling sessions through the Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee contests, lunch-and-learns, appreciation events, and employee-led resource groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time