Head Nurse

Introduction

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The State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is hiring a Head Nurse to join their specialized behavioral health nursing team and directly enhance the well‑being and recovery of our patients.

• Facility:
  Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH)
• Unit:
  Battell 2 South
• Location:
  
  1000 Silver Street, Middletown, CT
• Schedule:
  
  Full‑Time, 40 Hours per Week, Third Shift (11:15pm - 7:15am), includes every other weekend and rotating holidays
• Position Number: 118591
• Bonus:
  Eligible for a yearly "recruitment and retention" bonus of $3,000 for permanent second or third shift RN, prorated for part‑time, after one year of service.

• Provide nursing care for behavioral health patients within the scope of practice.
• Collaborate with interprofessional team members to deliver patient‑centered care and treatments.
• Provide substantial input regarding patient care needs.
• Complete comprehensive, person‑centered nursing assessments to develop individualized care plans for individuals managing acute psychiatric and substance use needs, focusing on stabilization and recovery goals.
• Provide direct patient care that includes education, counseling, medication administration and documentation of the treatment plan and ongoing interventions of care.

• Leads planning of care and implementation of the nursing process.
• Plans unit workflow and determines priorities.
• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work.
• Makes recommendations for personnel actions such as selection, discipline and performance.
• Conducts or assists in conducting performance evaluations.
• Leads professional and paraprofessional nursing staff in provision of patient/individual care.
• Maintains and promotes standards of nursing.
• Ensures controlled drugs are properly stored, administered and ordered.
• Identifies staff development needs; provides staff training and assistance.
• Instructs staff regarding policies and procedures.
• Participates in interdisciplinary meetings to promote and ensure adjustment and continuity of patient/individual care programs.
• Responds to emergencies.
• May make recommendations on policies and standards; may prepare reports or correspondence; may serve as Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP); performs related duties as required.

• Independently develops, implements and evaluates nursing and/or health care plans.
• Provides nursing consultation in the assigned specialty program.
• Conducts nursing assessments.
• Provides admission and discharge nursing assessments including plans for continuing care.
• Maintains records and makes reports.
• Provides nursing services to comply with intermediate care facility (ICF) regulations and JCAHO standards.
• Ensures controlled drugs are properly stored, administered and ordered.
• Independently manages and provides direct care to patients/individuals.
• Participates in individual, group or family therapy.
• Participates as a member of an interdisciplinary team in assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of patient/individual treatment or health care plans.
• Manages an assigned caseload of other appropriate clinical activities.
• Provides clinical direction and/or training to staff in individual, group and family service delivery programs.
• May participate in home visits and crisis intervention; may provide in‑service training to nursing and paraprofessional staff regarding signs and symptoms of illness, injury prevention.
• May conduct patient/individual‑centered conferences with nursing personnel; consult and make recommendations to physicians concerning health needs.
• May make recommendations on policies or standards; prepare reports or correspondence; serve as QIDP; performs related duties as required.

• Extensive knowledge of nursing principles, techniques, and standards; specialized individual care applicable to assignment; medications, actions, interactions, uses, side effects.
• Knowledge of general and mental health conditions and treatment…