Nurse (40 Hour) (Office/On-site)

State of Connecticut; Clay Arsenal (CT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth and development

Healthy work/life balance

Job summary

State of Connecticut's Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the Capitol Region Mental Health Center in Hartford. This full-time role covers an inpatient treatment unit with a 40-hour work week, 8:00 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m., on a rotating schedule. You will lead care planning, identify staff educational gaps, facilitate client-centered life-skills groups, and oversee unit workflow.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• CT RN license or compact license required.
• Behavioral health experience preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced inpatient unit.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning of care and ensure the nursing process is implemented.
• Identify educational gaps among staff and support competency development.
• Facilitate client-centered groups focused on life skills for community transition.
• Provide oversight to maintain unit workflow and prioritize tasks.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Educational needs assessment

Client education

Emergency response

Education

Graduation from an accredited nursing program

Job description

Introduction

Do you want to make a difference while participating in a dynamic and reciprocal health care environment in the public sector? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for Registered Nurses to join our center’s team! The State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS),is seeking an experienced Nurse to join our team in Hartford.

Position Highlights

• Facility: Capitol Region Mental Health Center (CRMHC)
• PCN: 00104881
• Unit: Inpatient Treatment Unit
• Work Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Work Schedule: First shift, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Rotating Schedule
• Location: 500 Vine Street, Hartford, CT
• This position is eligible for weekend differential

What We Can Offer You

• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the planning of care and ensure effective implementation of the nursing process.
• Identify educational gaps among staff and support the development of annual competencies.
• Facilitate client-centered groups focused on life skills needed for successful community transition.
• Provide oversight to maintain unit workflow and ensure priorities are identified and completed.

About the Agency and Facilities

The State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), is a health care agency whose mission is to promote the overall health and wellness of persons with behavioral health needs through an integrated network of holistic, comprehensive, effective, and efficient services and supports that foster dignity, respect, and self-sufficiency in those we serve.

The Capitol Region Mental Health Center (CRMHC) is a community based mental health center, operated by the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, which provides an array of innovative clinical and community support services to individuals with a psychiatric disability, in many cases with co-occurring problems of substance abuse.

The Inpatient Treatment Unit is a sixteen bed inpatient care unit which operates seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The major function of the program is to provide inpatient services to people from the CRMHC service area with a focus on those who are uninsured, who cannot obtain services from other providers, and are served by CRMHC. This program provides a broad range of services including medication management, individual and group therapy, occupational therapy, and recreational interventions. The average length of stay in this program is about 180 days.

PLEASE NOTE

A comprehensive medical examination, including a drug screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment. All state employees must adhere to Connecticut's Policy for a Drug Free Workplace.

Purpose of Job Class (Nature of Work)

In a state agency this class is accountable for providing a full range of professional nursing care.

Examples of Duties

• Independently implements the nursing process with individuals including carrying out physician's orders regarding diet, medication and treatment;
• Performs assessments;
• Changes dressings;
• Monitors and ensures quality care through observation and evaluation;
• Reports on physiological and mental health status of individuals;
• Documents nursing interventions on medical records;
• Distributes and maintains records of controlled drugs and ensures their security;
• Maintains records and makes reports;
• Makes decisions in routine cases;
• Instructs individuals, staff and family members regarding treatments, nursing plans and related individual care issues directed towards an awareness and understanding of health/mental health issues;
• Responds to emergencies;
• Maintains availability of medications and supplies;
• Ensures cleanliness of equipment and environment;
• May participate as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individual's treatment or health/mental health care plans;
• May formulate and implement nursing care plans;
• May participate in outpatient clinics and assist in physical examinations;
• May administer routine tests;
• May conduct training;
• May delegate nursing tasks consistent with established protocols;
• May participate in psychotherapeutic and rehabilitation interventions;
• May physically restrain individuals;
• May provide related medical or mental health specialty services;
• May serve as Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional;
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skill and Ability

• and ability to apply professional nursing theory, practice and ethics;
• current medications, their actions, interactions, uses and side effects;
• medical, therapeutic and psychiatric nursing interventions and methods;
• and ability to apply quality standards, procedures and protocols;
• and sensitivity to cultural and socio-economic difference;
• and ability to apply clinical therapeutic models of individual care with emphasis on interdisciplinary team approach;
• interpersonial skills;
• oral and written communication skills;
• act as a role model to health care staff by demonstrating and teaching professional behaviors;
• learn specialized individual care applicable to work assignment;
• listen and provide empathetic assistance to individuals and families in meeting their needs and carrying out prescribed treatments;
• develop therapeutic relationships with individuals, and their caregivers;
• respond to emergencies;
• respond to and seek supervision;
• encourage and facilitate cooperation, pride trust and group identity to foster commitment and team work;
• analyze and evaluate proper care and treatment.

Minimum Qualifications - General Experience

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on a behavioral health unit.
• Experience in providing direct care including the supervision of unit subordinates on a behavioral health unit.

Special Requirements

• Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a license or temporary permit as a Registered Nurse in Connecticut OR hold a Multistate or Compact Registered Nurse license.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to be fluent in a foreign language or proficient in the use of the American Sign Language in certain designated positions.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

Working Conditions

Incumbents in this class may be required to lift and restrain individuals; may have exposure to communicable/infectious diseases and risk of injury from assaultive/abusive individuals; may be exposed to disagreeable conditions.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Acknowledgement

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.