Job Information
State of Connecticut, Department of Administrative Services Supervising Nurse (40 Hour) in East Windsor, Connecticut
Supervising Nurse (40 Hour)
Office/On-site
Recruitment # 250115-5922FP-001
Location East Windsor, CT
Date Opened 1/22/2025 12:00:00 AM
Salary $99,806 - $133,911/year (Individuals new to State employment start at the minimum of the range)
Job Type Open to the Public
Close Date 1/29/2025 11:59:00 PM
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Introduction
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with experience in a hospital, regional, institutional, or psychiatric setting who is looking to take your career to the next level? If so, we invite you to take this opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and their families at the Albert J. Solnit Children’s Center!
The State of Connecticut (https://portal.ct.gov/) , Department of Children and Families (DCF (https://portal.ct.gov/dcf) ) – Albert J. Solnit Children’s Center (https://portal.ct.gov/dcf/solnit-center/south) - North Campus, is accepting applications for one (1) full-time Facility Operations Supervising Nurse (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=5922FP&R1=&R3=) position within the Operations Unit located in East Windsor, CT.
Position Highlights: PCN 130409
Full-time | 2nd Shift | 40 Hours per week
Monday – Friday | 3:00 pm – 11:30 pm
In your role as a Facilities Operations Supervising Nurse, you will have the opportunity to:
Lead as a shift supervisor.
Manage a team of direct care staff.
Act in an administrative and clinical supervisory role for 24 Hour nursing coverage.
Plan, organize and direct health services.
For a more comprehensive list of duties, please click here (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=5922FP&R1=&R3=) .
What we can offer you:
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Professional growth and paid professional development opportunities.
A healthy work-life balance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6n9M1Qd5fo) to all employees!
Work at a Forbes-recognized company! Connecticut is proud to be featured on both America's Best Employers by State and Best Employers for New Grads in 2024. With our dynamic job market and commitment to fostering a thriving workforce, Connecticut stands out as a top destination for both seasoned professionals and fresh graduates seeking to launch their careers.
The 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 (https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service) for more information.
About the Department of Children and Families:
Caring, healing and teaching -partnering with children, families and communities to build hope and create opportunities.
We believe that:
Children and adolescents with serious emotional disorders can lead productive and satisfying lives.
Children, youth and their families have the right and responsibility to participate in their treatment.
No child will be refused treatment based on their ability to pay for services.
Our services work best when integrated with community care.
About the Albert J. Solnit Children’s Center:
At the Albert J. Solnit Children’s Center, we treat our youth and each other with dignity and respect. It is in this relational, cultural and gender sensitive surrounding that our therapeutic milieu is based. Interdisciplinary teams develop, implement and continually assess individualized treatment plans.
The Solnit North Campus serves as a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, providing treatment to adolescent males between the ages of 13 and 17 with complex psychiatric needs. The program is designed to be the bridge from hospital to home and community or as a diversionary placement to avoid the need for a hospital stay.
Selection Plan
FOR THOSE WHO HOLD AN RN LICENSE IN A STATE OTHER THAN CONNECTICUT AND WISH TO APPLY FOR A CONNECTICUT LICENSE, PLEASE:
Review the eligibility and documentation requirements (https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Practitioner-Licensing--Investigations/Registered-Nurse/RN-Licensure-by-Endorsement) for CT license by endorsement of an out-of-state license;
Complete a CT DPH online application (https://www.elicense.ct.gov/) (expand the ‘Public Health Practitioners’ grouping, select ‘Registered Nurse’ and then ‘Start’;
Request verification of out-of-state license(s) electronically through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s Nursys® (https://www.nursys.com/NLV/NLVTerms.aspx) System. To send verification of your license(s) to CT, read and agree to the terms, enter your biographic information, select your license type and select ‘SEARCH’. Review the results and select the ‘Next’ button. Check the box next to ‘Connecticut’ and complete the transaction. Once the transaction is completed, you will receive a confirmation email from Nursys and the verification will be available to the DPH. Note that PA and MI verifications are not provided through Nursys. Please contact those state boards for information on obtaining verification.
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH APPLYING:
Please read (https://www.jobapscloud.com/ct/sup/applicanttips2023november.pdf) or watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8sOb10qYXQ) our Applicant Tips on How to Apply!
To Apply:
In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
These positions will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion, and merit employment rules. Applications to this recruitment will be used to meet collective bargaining requirements. Once any collective bargaining requirements have been met, all other applications may be considered.
Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience most closely meets the preferred qualifications, so please ensure that your application is complete and details your experience as outlined in this job posting. Please note: You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application into the JobAps system.
The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69 (https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00069-R00SB-00056-PA.PDF) , the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
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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.
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, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position.
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 DAS.SHRM@ct.gov .
Due to the large volume of applications received, the Department of Administrative Services is unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account.
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Connect With Us:
If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Rocky Young at rocky.young@ct.gov and reference the recruitment number.
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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state agency this class is accountable for supervising nursing staff engaged in professional nursing activities.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Plans, organizes and directs health services for an assigned program, unit(s), facility or geographical area;
Ensures that goals, objectives and work performed are consistent with standards and that quality care is provided to individuals;
Provides clinical guidance to nursing staff;
Selects, develops, motivates and evaluates staff;
Conducts performance evaluations;
Monitors the quality of documentation, records and other information concerning services and care;
Ensures that resources are available to provide quality services;
Participates in the development of policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective delivery of services;
Participates in the development of long-range plans for health care programs;
Acts as a liaison with other units, agencies and outside organizations;
Prepares, analyzes and evaluates reports and other information concerning the delivery of services;
Responds to psychiatric or medical emergencies;
May physically restrain individuals;
May oversee all nursing operations in the absence of the Director of Nursing;
Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
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;
and sensitivity to cultural and socio-economic differences;
and ability to apply family systems theory;
procedures and protocols of applicable accrediting institutions;
Knowledge of management and administrative principles and human resource development strategies;
Considerable
interpersonal skills;
oral and written communication skills;
Considerable ability to
establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other professionals, community resources and providers;
encourage and facilitate cooperation, pride, trust and group identity to foster commitment and team work;
provide leadership and guidance in developing and maintaining nursing standards and enhancing health care systems for the delivery of essential services;
respond to crises’ and emergencies;
use professional judgment to identify areas for improvement and participate in development of quality initiatives;
Supervisory ability.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Four (4) years of experience as a Registered Professional Nurse in a hospital, regional, institutional or psychiatric setting.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
A Bachelor’s degree in nursing may be substituted for one (1) year of the General Experience.
A Master's degree in nursing may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience working in a hospital, regional, institutional, or psychiatric setting.
Experience working with children in a hospital, regional, institutional, or psychiatric setting.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a current license or temporary permit to practice professional nursing in Connecticut.
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.
Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Incumbents in this class may be required to lift and restrain individuals; may have some exposure to communicable/infectious diseases and to risk of injury from assaultive/abusive individuals; may be exposed to disagreeable conditions.
Conclusion
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.
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