Registered Nurse - 36 Hours, Nights - Autism Inpatient Unit

Position Location

• Hospital for
• Special
• Care
• Scheduled
• Weekly
• Hours: 36
• Work
• Shift:
• Third
• Shift
• Department: Autism Inpatient Unit We are dedicated to creating an environment of care and engagement that makes us one of the most desirable places to work, providing exceptional care to each patient each and every day!
• Qualifications
• Registered
• Nurse:
• Required: Successful completion of an accredited school of nursing program
• Required: Current licensure as a registered nurse in the
• State of
• Connecticut
• Required: Demonstrated competence in the clinical setting.

Required

• Valid driver’s license (NBU only)
• Preferred: Valid/Current CPR (required within 3 months of employment.)
• Preferred:
• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Graduate
• Nurse:
• Required: Successful completion of an accredited school of nursing program. Primary source verification required to .

Required

Temporary practice provisions for graduate nurses as outlined by the Connecticut State .

Preferred

• Valid/Current CPR Certification (required within 3 months of employment). JOB SUMMARY The registered nurse and graduate nurse functions within the team as a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for providing quality care to patients and their families. This involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluation all aspects of patient care, considering the physical, psychological, environmental and social needs. PHYSICAL DEMANDS This job requires continuous periods of walking, standing, bending, reaching, with periodic sitting. Occasional climbing, squatting, and kneeling as related to patient care. Job requires the ability to lift or carry objects up to 10 pounds continuously, 20 pounds frequently and up to 40 pounds frequently for assisting with patient transfers and bed mobility. Ability to push/pull up to 25 lbs. frequently for medication carts/equipment and 50 pounds occasionally for patient care and mobility activities. In addition, this job requires frequent use of gross, fine motor and sensory skills in order to pass medications, perform assessments and treatments, and handle equipment used in patient care. COGNITIVE DEMANDS Job requires independent problem identification, abstract reasoning and adaptability to changing environments and information. Application of previously acquired knowledge, flexibility of thought, and organizational skills are necessary. Quick decision-making is required. A high degree of selective attention, discernment, perception and concentration is necessary. Job requires a proficiency in English including attention to detail, adherence to all elements of style and ability to postulate. A working knowledge and familiarity with professional/medical terms and definitions is required. Job requires a high degree of communication skills including expression of abstract/complex ideas, use of negotiation and active listening, and an ability to dialogue with multiple parties. Job requires reading and auditory comprehension of abstractions and an ability to make inferences. A working knowledge and familiarity with professional/medical documentation is necessary. Job requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with all units of measure, and the ability perform these operations with common and decimal fractions. Must be able to compute ratio, rate, percent, and perform arithmetic operation involving units of weights, measures and volume. WORK DEMANDS Job requires working indoors in an occasionally noisy and distracting environment. There is an occasional need to be outdoors. Job requires working continuously with others. Schedule fluctuation is occasional and at times unpredictable to anticipate.