Work where every moment matters.
The Hospital of Central CT doesn’t just take great care of our patients; we take great care of our Registered Nurses too! Our benefit options at Hartford Healthcare are designed so you can care for yourself and your family, just as you care for others when you are here.
What our nurses love about Hartford Healthcare:
• Automatic enrollment into the Nurse Residency Program for all graduate RNs with less than one year of experience.
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250.00 after six months of employment and up to 40% tuition discounts with partnering institutions for colleague AND dependents
• Loan forgiveness for qualifying existing student loans
• Employee assistance and wellness programs including a strong focus on promoting mental health
• Paid time off and health insurance packages
• Free parking on-site
• Discounts on services, products and optional coverages – movie tickets, pet insurance, travel and more!
Job Summary:
• Assists with management of patient care activities and assigned staff.
Responsibilities:
• Provides direction and support to unit staff. Supervises admissions, conducts assessment of patient's needs, and initiates nursing care plans. Evaluates and documents patient progress.
• Facilitates planning, implementation, development, and evaluation of nursing programs, initiatives and objectives for the unit.
• Assists with development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Serves as a liaison between the manager, staff and other areas within the organization. Identifies and resolves issues affecting delivery of patient care services in a unit.
• Provides hands on nursing support and provides coaching, mentoring and education for department nursing team.
• Catalyst for improving the quality and safety of patients and work at the point of care delivery to transfer knowledge and patient outcome management to the nursing care team.
• Facilitates planning, implementation, development and evaluation of nursing initiatives and objectives for the unit and organization
• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility and is a steward of organizational resources
• In a leadership role, serves as a liaison between the manager, staff and other areas within the organization. Identifies and resolves issues affecting delivery of care services
• Works with team members, other leaders to develop and trend performance improvement indicators based on national standards and evidence based practices
• Other Duties as assigned
• Reflects ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice (2015), ANA Code of Ethics (2015), and ANA Social Policy Statement (2015).