Nurse, Mental Health Nurse

Position Highlights

• PCN 44547:
  Acadia | Middletown, CT – Full‑time, 40 hours per week – First (1st) shift 7:00 am – 3:30 pm (Week 1 days off: Saturday, Sunday; Week 2 days off: Friday, Tuesday)
• PCN 135215:
  Acadia | Middletown, CT – Full‑time, 40 hours per week – Second (2nd) shift 2:45 pm – 11:15 pm (Week 1 days off: Friday, Monday; Week 2 days off: Saturday, Sunday)

The State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) partners with communities to empower families and raise resilient children. DCF seeks individuals who advance their careers while making a difference.

• 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 care issues
• Responds to emergencies
• Maintains availability of medications and supplies
• Ensures cleanliness of equipment and environment
• Participates 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
• Formulates and implements nursing care plans
• Participates in outpatient clinics and assists in physical examinations
• Administers routine tests
• Conducts training
• Delegates nursing tasks consistent with established protocols
• Participates in psychotherapeutic and rehabilitation interventions
• Physically restrains individuals
• Provides related medical or mental health specialty services
• Serves as Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional
• Performs related duties as required

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program

• Experience working in a behavioral health hospital setting
• Experience serving youth with complex psychiatric profiles

• Must possess and retain a license or temporary permit as a Registered Nurse in Connecticut or hold a Multistate or Compact Registered Nurse license
• May be required to be fluent in a foreign language or proficient in American Sign Language in certain positions
• May be required to travel

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

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