Head Nurse (40 Hour)(Office/On-site)

Description

• Participates as a member of an interdisciplinary team in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of patient/individual treatment or health care plans;
• Plans unit workflow and determines priorities;
• Identifies staff development needs;
• Makes recommendations for personnel actions such as selection, discipline and performance;
• May provide in-service training to nursing and paraprofessional staff with regard to signs and symptoms of illness, dysfunction, injury and prevention of same;
• Complete a CT DPH online application online (expand the ‘Public Health Practitioners’ grouping, select ‘Registered Nurse’ and then ‘Start’;
• Responds to emergencies;
• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work;
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• May make recommendations on policies and standards;
• May administer medication;
• Participates in interdisciplinary meetings to promote and ensure adjustment and continuity of patient/individual care programs;
• Determines need for physician or medical care;
• Makes referrals and follows up on health needs;
• Independently manages and provides direct care to patients/individuals;
• May administer routine tests or exams;
• Serves as member of crisis intervention team;
• act as a role model to health care staff;
• Provides staff training and assistance;
• May prepare reports or correspondence;
• establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other professionals, community resources and providers;
• Maintains records and makes reports;
• Manages an assigned caseload of other appropriate clinical activities;
• May conduct patient/individual- centered conferences with nursing personnel; may consult with and make recommendations to physicians concerning health needs;
• Leads professional and paraprofessional nursing staff in provision of patient/individual care;
• May participate in home visits and crisis intervention;
• Maintains records of stored and secured medications;
• Provides nursing consultation in the assigned specialty program;
• Provides admission and discharge nursing assessments including plans for continuing care;
• May make recommendations on policies or standards;
• Conducts or assist in conducting performance evaluations;
• Performs basic evaluative procedures and tests;
• Maintains and promotes standards of nursing;
• Provides clinical direction and/or training to staff in individual, group and family service delivery programs;
• Provides assessment of medical problems;
• Conducts nursing assessments;
• Provides for nursing services to comply with intermediate care facility (ICF) regulations and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards;
• Leads the planning of care and implementation of the nursing process;
• Ensures controlled drugs are properly stored, administered and ordered;
• Work together in a collaborative team environment
• Independently develops, implements and evaluates nursing and/or health care plans;
• Maintains accurate medical records;
• Independently provides counseling and health education services to students and staff;
• Participates in individual, group or family therapy;
• Review the eligibility and documentation requirements for CT license by endorsement of an out-of-state license;
• Ensures that controlled drugs are properly stored;
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• Provides counseling on health- related issues;
• Instructs staff regarding policies and procedures;

Requirements

• and sensitivity to cultural and socio-economic differences;
• Experience using Microsoft applications including Outlook; Excel; Teams; and Word
• interpersonal skills;
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
• Experience with basic nursing skills including but not limited to: administering medication and nutrition via G-Tube or J-Tube; glucose monitoring, insulin administration; respiratory treatments, colostomy; cecostomy; urostomy care; wound care; and catheterization.
• Referral Questions: This posting may require completion of additional Referral Questions (RQs), which must be completed by the questionnaire’s expiration date. If requested, RQs can be accessed via an email sent to you after the job close date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section).
• Ability to provide therapeutic treatment with a variety of individuals.
• Supervisory ability.
• Experience providing nursing services to individuals with an intellectual/developmental disability and/or autism spectrum disorder.
• Knowledge of
• Considerable knowledge of behavioral health of individuals;
• adult learning and family systems theory;
• Experience with infection control practices.
• Performs primary first aid;
• Skill working with individuals, groups and families;
• Considerable knowledge of
• Experience communicating with interdisciplinary teams and medical providers both over the telephone and in written correspondence.
• May serve as Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP);
• oral and written communication skills;
• Incumbents in this class may be required to be fluent in a foreign language or proficient in the use of the American Sign Language in certain designated positions.
• Ability to
• Experience communicating with non-verbal individuals.
• and ability to independently apply nursing principles, techniques and standards;
• 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.

Benefits

• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• general and mental health conditions and treatment interventions through utilization of assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, health planning, implementation and re-evaluation;
• specialized individual care applicable to nursing assignment;
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance