Nurse; Office​/On-site FL

Introduction

Are you a Registered Nurse looking to make a difference in the lives of children and their families in Connecticut? If so, we invite you to take this opportunity to join our team! The State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) – is recruiting for a Nurse, located at our Hospital in Middletown, CT – Sachem Unit (PCN 97431).

New! Connecticut has joined the Nurse Licensure Compact effective October 1, 2025. Visit Nurse Licensure Compact for more details.

In addition to the base annual salary, you may be approved for an additional compensation bonus:

• Each Registered Nurse who is permanently assigned to the second or third shift shall receive a “recruitment and retention” yearly bonus of $3,000. This bonus shall be prorated for part‑time.
• To be eligible for this bonus, the employee must have completed one year of service in the registered nurse classification.

• Location:
  
  Sachem Unit in Middletown, CT
• Full‑time 40 hours per week
• Second (2nd) shift
• Schedule:
  
  2:45 P.M. – 11:15 P.M.
• Week 1:
  Saturday and Sunday off
• Week 2:
  Friday and Monday off

• View our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and paid professional development opportunities.
• A healthy work‑life balance to all employees!
• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service.  for more information.

• Engage in a rewarding career
• Assist our employees so they can achieve success
• Make a difference in the public sector
• Work together in a collaborative team environment

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

• 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 of:
  • professional nursing theory, practice and ethics
  • current medications, their actions, interactions, uses and side effects
  • medical, therapeutic and psychiatric nursing interventions and methods
  • quality standards, procedures and protocols
  • cultural and socio‑economic differences
  • clinical therapeutic models of individual care with emphasis on interdisciplinary team approach
• Skills:
  • interpersonal skills
  • oral and written communication skills
• Ability to:
  • 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…