Head Nurse Office​/On-site

Position Highlights

PCN 18174, Full Time 1st Shift, 80 hours biweekly.

Schedule:

Week 1 and Week 2:
Monday through Friday 7:00 am - 3:30 pm. Regular days off Saturday and Sunday. Flexibility around the schedule may be needed.

• Coordinate all medical services necessary to meet the health and safety needs of individuals in a continuous operation intermediate care facility (ICF), with a caseload of approx.
  10-12 individuals.
• Collaborate effectively with an interdisciplinary team to optimize individual outcomes; ensure compliance with clinical quality standards, policies, and ICF regulations.
• Utilize supervisory skills to provide clinical oversight to LPNs providing direct nursing care to individuals with an intellectual and/or developmental disability.
• Demonstrate organizational and interpersonal skills by communicating health and safety information to internal and external partners, in both verbal and written format.
• Showcase knowledge and experience with rehabilitative and interdisciplinary healthcare practices and processes.

• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance for all employees.

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.

• Experience working with individuals with a developmental and/or intellectual disability, including knowledge of policies, procedures, active treatment, and terminology relating to modern methods of care within an intermediate care facility (ICF) environment.
• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated experience providing care to medically fragile individuals, including rehabilitative and interdisciplinary processes, analyzing and resolving day-to-day problems of persons with /DD, and working with teams, clinicians, and case managers.
• Experience in a supervisory capacity of staff across multiple locations, effectively developing plans to prioritize work and assignments.
• Experience utilizing policies and procedures related to payroll, hiring, purchasing, client accounting, data collection, and scheduling; as well as knowledge of identifying State of CT and federal benefit/entitlement programs.
• Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills interacting with, and communicating information to internal partners, external partners, and the public, both verbally and written.
• Ability to independently solve problems and resolve complex situations with individuals and families requiring in or out of home supports.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel; as well as familiarity with internal data systems (e-CAMRIS) and use of integrated HRIS (CoreCT).

• 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 American Sign Language in certain designated positions.
• Incumbents may be required to travel.

• Considerable knowledge of nursing principles, techniques, and standards, specialized individual care applicable to nursing assignment, medications, their actions, interactions, uses and side effects.
• Knowledge of general and mental health conditions and treatment interventions through utilization of assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, health planning, implementation and re-evaluation.
• Adult learning and family systems theory; sensitivity to cultural and socio-economic differences.
• Interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other professionals, community resources and providers; act as a role model to health care staff.
• Supervisory ability.
• Behavioral health nursing: knowledge of behavioral health of individuals, skill working with individuals, groups and families, ability to provide therapeutic treatment with a variety of individuals.

Background investigation may be conducted before permanent appointment.

May be required to lift and restrain individuals; potential exposure to communicable/infectious diseases, risk of injury from assaultive/abusive individuals; exposure to disagreeable conditions.

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