State of Connecticut Department of Public Health
Location
Middletown, CT | United States
Job description
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Are you looking to start your journey as a Nurse?
Do you want a role where you can make an impact in your community?
Join us and be part of a revolutionary team shaping mental healthcare!
Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH), a facility within the State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is seeking a recent nurse graduate, for the position of Graduate Nurse (PCN 139462). This position will support our Young Adult Services unit within our General Psychiatry Division in Middletown. Find out more information on this great opportunity below!
Individuals graduating from an accredited nursing program by May 2024 may apply. Candidates cannot be appointed until all program requirements are complete.
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:
- Work Schedule: Monday - Friday
- Work Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
- Work Shift: First shift, 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Location: 1000 Silver St, Middletown, CT
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
State of Connecticut employees participate in a competitive comprehensive benefits plan that includes:
- A Platinum Healthcare Plan, the nation’s best for state employees and dependents, according to a report by Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reform and article by Ellen Andrews, Ph.D
- Generous paid time off, include 13 paid holidays per calendar year
- Extensive pension plan and supplemental retirement offerings
- Retirement healthcare offerings
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- 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. Click here for more information.
- A healthy work/life balance!
You'd be able to work for a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule.
WHY WORK WITH US:
- Diverse Environments - Work in environments, and with populations that you can only work with, when working with Government Agency
- Boost Your Resume - Student Nurses are not interns. You train with the State for no more than 1,040 hours, and assist with patients; while you attend your nursing program.
- Our Staff Love Us - Being a nurse with the State opens the door to limitless opportunities, professional development, and comradery.
HEAR FROM OUR OWN STAFF:
MORE ABOUT THE AGENCY AND FACILITIES:
The State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), is a health care agency whose mission is to promote the overall health and wellness of persons with behavioral health needs through an integrated network of holistic, comprehensive, effective, and efficient services and supports that foster dignity, respect, and self-sufficiency in those we serve.
The Connecticut Valley Hospital boasts a rich history first opening its doors over 150 years ago in 1868. As the State’s public hospital we provide treatment of mental illness and currently comprised of 18 inpatient units over two campuses (Middletown and Hartford). In our operational framework, recovery is defined as a process of restoring or developing a positive and meaningful sense of identity apart from one’s condition and then rebuilding one’s life in the fullest sense. Recovery is an individualized patient-centered approach. Achieving and maintaining an optimal state of health and wellness is integrated in our recovery approach. Individuals acquire and practice life skills that will assist them in their recovery process.
DMHAS – Young Adult Services (YAS) was developed to help young adults transition successfully from the Dept. of Children & Families to the adult mental health system and to achieve the necessary skills for adulthood. Our mission is to improve the lives of young people by providing the highest quality services possible. We do this by forming a partnership with the individual, their family, identified significant persons, and with other community service providers. By doing so we create a “community of care” that fosters mutual respect and individualized client centered treatment.
Start with Us! Stay with Us! Grow with Us!
Selection Plan
This class is intended to permit agencies to recruit and train recent graduates of nursing programs for the class of Nurse. Appointment to this class may not exceed ninety (90) days following graduation from a nursing program.
FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING:
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To Apply:
- In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
- In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.
- You must specify your qualifications on your application. You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application for this posting to the JobAps system.
- In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.
- All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to [email protected].
- This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.
Important Next Step Information for After You Apply:
- Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
- This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
- Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
- The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
- Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
- Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees which is available at
- For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
Connect With Us:
- Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process.
- Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment please contact Joseph K. Fried at [email protected], 860-924-7053.
PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state agency this class is accountable for receiving on-the-job training in the provision of professional nursing services.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- Receives training to perform the tasks as outlined in the specification for the class of Nurse;
- Receives training in agency nursing protocols, personnel policies, program guidelines and legal reporting requirements;
- Receives training in and is given progressively complex assignments involving nursing services;
- Makes rounds and gives direct care;
- Takes and records vital signs;
- Carries out physicians orders regarding diet, medication and treatment;
- Changes dressings;
- Checks and distributes controlled drugs;
- Maintains availability of drugs and supplies;
- Observes adequacy of housekeeping and maintenance services;
- Performs first aid and alerts physicians to emergency conditions;
- Records observations of physical and physiological status and actions taken;
- Confers with nurses and physicians on other shifts regarding condition of individuals;
- Assesses individuals medical psychosocial needs;
- Works collaboratively with members of an interdisciplinary team in planning direct care;
- Protects human and civil rights of individuals and staff;
- Educates individuals and their families towards an awareness and understanding of health and illness;
- May participate in outpatient clinics and assist in physical examinations and histories; may administer EKG and eye examinations;
- May participate in bathing and feeding of individuals;
- May assist in design and collection of data for research projects;
- May serve as a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional;
- Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Knowledge of principles and practices of nursing;
- Skills
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to
- relate to different cultural and economic backgrounds;
- organize, time set priorities and manage workload.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience caring for individuals with mental and/or behavioral healthcare needs
- Experience work with a Young Adult population
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
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.
CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS
In addition to the checking of references and of facts stated in the application, a thorough background investigation of each candidate may be made before persons are certified for permanent appointment.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Incumbents in this class may be required to lift and restrain patients/clients; may have exposure to disagreeable conditions, communicable and/or infectious diseases and to risk of injury from assaultive and/or abusive patients/clients.
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