Role OverviewThe State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is seeking a skilled and dedicated Supervising Nurse to join our Inpatient Unit team. This 24-hour unit provides comprehensive care to individuals experiencing mental health challenges and co-occurring disorders.
What You Will Do
The ideal candidate will bring strong clinical expertise, leadership, and a commitment to delivering high-quality, compassionate care. Job duties include but are not limited to: overseeing and coordinating daily nursing services, providing clinical leadership and support, and monitoring documentation and records for accuracy and quality standards.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have strong clinical expertise, leadership, and a commitment to delivering high-quality, compassionate care. The role requires a strong ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other professionals, community resources, and providers.
Requirements
- Four (4) years of experience as a Registered Nurse in a hospital, regional, institutional or psychiatric setting
- Considerable knowledge of and ability to apply nursing principles, clinical therapeutic models, and standards of nursing
- Specialized individual care in the assigned nursing areas
- Current medications, their actions, interactions, uses, and side effects
- Sensitivity to cultural and socio-economic differences
- Ability to apply family systems theory
- Procedures and protocols of applicable accrediting institutions
- Knowledge of management and administrative principles and human resource development strategies
- Interpersonal skills
- Oral and written communication skills
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other professionals, community resources, and providers
- Ability to encourage and facilitate cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity to foster commitment and team work
- Ability to provide leadership and guidance in developing and maintaining nursing standards and enhancing health care systems for the delivery of essential services
- Ability to respond to crises and emergencies
- Ability to use professional judgment to identify areas for improvement and participate in development of quality initiatives
- Supervisory ability
Benefits
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- A healthy work/life balance to all employees
- FOR SECOND AND THIRD SHIFT POSITIONS - YOU MAY BE APPROVED FOR AN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION BONUS
- Each Registered Nurse who is permanently assigned to the second or third shift may be eligible to receive a “recruitment and retention” yearly bonus of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00)
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