Head Nurse

Are you passionate about caring for our most vulnerable population?

Are you looking for the next step in your nursing career?

If so, we invite you to learn more about this exciting opportunity

Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH), under the umbrella of the State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is seeking a qualified Head Nurse (PCN 28207) to join our team in Middletown. This position will lead nursing services within the Battell 2 South unit of our General Psychiatry Division. Find out more information on these great opportunities below!

• Work Hours:
  
  Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Work Shift:
  
  First shift, 7:00 a.m.
  
  - 3:30 p.m., Every other weekend and rotating holidays

Battell 2 South is an acute general psychiatric treatment unit with a maximum census of twenty-two patients. The unit provides psychiatric treatment and stabilization for individuals living with severe and persistent mental illness, with the goal of discharge to the community in the most integrated setting possible.

• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• Lead the planning of care and implementation of the nursing process
• Assign, oversee and review work
• Lead professional and paraprofessional nursing staff in provision of patient/individual care
• Ensure controlled drugs are properly stored, administered and ordered
• Identify staff development needs, and provide staff training and assistance
• Participate in interdisciplinary meetings to promote and ensure adjustment and continuity of patient/individual care programs
• Respond to emergencies

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 Connecticut Valley Hospital boasts a rich history first opening its doors over 150 years ago in 1868. As the State’s public hospital we provide treatment of mental illness and currently comprised of 18 inpatient units over two campuses (Middletown and Hartford). In our operational framework, recovery is defined as a process of restoring or developing a positive and meaningful sense of identity apart from one’s condition and then rebuilding one’s life in the fullest sense.

Recovery is an individualized patient-centered approach. Achieving and maintaining an optimal state of health and wellness is integrated in our recovery approach. Individuals acquire and practice life skills that will assist them in their recovery process.

Start with us! Stay with us! Grow with us!

• A comprehensive medical examination, including a drug screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment.

Two (2) years of experience as a Registered Nurse.

A Bachelor’s degree in nursing may be substituted for one (1) year of the General Experience.

• Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a license or temporary permit as a Registered Nurse in Connecticut.