Student Nurse (Registered Nurse/Internship)
Office/On-Site
Recruitment #240822-8190VR-001
| Location |
Middletown, CT
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|---|---|
| Date Opened | 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM |
| Salary | $20.00/hour |
| Job Type | Open to the Public |
| Close Date | 9/11/2024 11:59:00 PM |
Introduction
Are you currently a nursing student looking to become a Registered Nurse? Would you like to get paid while you learn? If so, please read on to get more information about this exciting opportunity!
The State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is currently recruiting for a Student Nurse.
Position Highlights:
- FACILITY: Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH)
- LOCATION: Middletown, CT
- SCHEDULE: Part-time, 1st shift, minimum 8 hours per week with flexible hours based on your schedule.
- POSITION NUMBER: 139209
What We Can Offer You:
- Diverse Environments - Work in an environment and with populations that you can only work with, when working with a Government Agency.
- Boost Your Work Experience - Student nurses assist our nursing teams while you attend your nursing program.
- Our Staff Love Us - Being a nurse with us opens the door to limitless opportunities, professional development and comradery.
- We Are 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.
What Our Nurses Do:
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Work among the most outstanding healthcare professionals whose treatment goals developed for clients are striven to help individuals;
- Learn in the workplace and from contemporary practices that affect today’s society;
- Participate in ongoing education and training activities;
- Learn while getting paid and apply your skills and experience to improve client’s self-worth.
The Role:
Job duties include, but are not limited to:
- Receive training on implementing, evaluating and documenting care of patients adhering to hospital and care center policies and standards of professional nursing practice;
- Consistently demonstrates the mission, vision, values, and guiding principles of the state agency;
- Assists with making rounds and giving direct care;
- Confers with nurses and physicians on other shifts regarding condition of patients/clients;
- Assesses patients/clients medical psychosocial needs;
- Works collaboratively with members of an interdisciplinary team in planning direct care;
- Educates patients/clients and their families towards an awareness and understanding of health and illness.
About Us:
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.
CVH's vision and mission is to promote recovery through collaborative, compassionate, and culturally competent treatment in a safe, healthy, and caring environment. We provide trauma informed gender responsive treatment that empowers individuals to manage recovery, improve quality of life and return to the community.
Please note:
- A comprehensive medical examination, including a drug screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment.
- All state employees must adhere to Connecticut’s Policy for a Drug Free Workplace.
Selection Plan
- 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.
- 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 DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
- 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 and/or phone, 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.
- Read through this helpful link to prepare for your interview.
- 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 www.ct.gov/ethics.
- 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.
- 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 Julie Barker via email at Julie.Barker@ct.gov.
PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state agency this class is used as a structured development program designed for pre-licensure nursing students to provide basic entry level nursing care to promote, maintain, and restore the health of patients and clients. This class is intended for individuals who are active in an accredited nursing program, and who have met that program’s requirement for participating in onsite clinical training.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- Receives training on implementing, evaluating and documenting care of patients adhering to hospital and care center policies and standards of professional nursing practice;
- Consistently demonstrates the mission, vision, values, and guiding principles of the state agency;
- Assists with making rounds and giving direct care;
- Confers with nurses and physicians on other shifts regarding condition of patients/clients;
- Assesses patients/clients medical psychosocial needs;
- Works collaboratively with members of an interdisciplinary team in planning direct care;
- Educates patients/clients and their families towards an awareness and understanding of health and illness;
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Knowledge of principles and practices of nursing;
- Skills
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills;
- Ability to
- cultivate and maintain positive relationships;
- organize, time set priorities, and manage workload.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Positions in this class will be used for training purposes. They will be limited to students currently enrolled and attending an accredited school of nursing.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Incumbents in this class must be CPR certified.
- 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 successfully maintain an F Endorsement for transportation purposes.
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.
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.
COMPENSATION GUIDELINES
Compensation will be $20.00 per hour.
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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