Supervising Nurse Correctional Facility 40 Hour

Supervising Nurse (Correctional Facility) (40 Hour)

Recruitment # 250117-2289FP-001

Location New Haven, CT

Date Opened 1/21/2025 08:05:00 AM

Salary $99,806 - $133,911/year

Job Type Open to the Public

Close Date 2/4/2025 11:59:00 PM

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• Introduction

Experienced RNs - we are hiring! Check out this great opportunity with the State of Connecticut (/portal. ct. gov/) below.

The Connecticut Department of Correction (/portal. ct. gov/DOC) is seeking highly motivated, experienced and licensed Supervising Nurse (Correctional Facility) (/ jobapscloud. com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay. asp?ClassNumber=2289FP&R1=undefined&R3=undefined) to join our Health Services Unit at the New Haven Correctional Center (/portal. ct. gov/doc/facility/new-haven-cc) in New Haven.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Visit our new State Employee Benefits Overview (/ jobapscloud. com/CT/jobs/?b=Benefits) page!

• A Hazardous Duty pension plan (State Employees Retirement System Tier IV)- Retire in 25 years - with pension & healthcare benefits

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick and personal);

• Comprehensive Benefit Offerings along with additional supplemental benefits

• Career mobility - get paid to go to school (5 year work requirement)

• Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months;

• Nursing licensure reimbursement;

• Conference and workshop funds allotment $1,500. 00 (travel, food, lodging).

POSITION DETAILS

This is a full-time, 40 hours per week position on 3rd shift. Schedule is Monday-Friday between 12:00am and 8:00am.

Correctional nursing is the delivery of evidence-based nursing to protect, promote, and optimize health and abilities; prevent illness and injury; facilitate healing; alleviate suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response with care and respect; and advocate for individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations under the jurisdiction of the justice system.

The New Haven Correctional Center houses primarily pretrial offenders and serves the superior courts in Meriden, New Haven, Bantam, Litchfield and Waterbury. It is a level 4 high-security facility.

HEAR FROM OUR EMPLOYEES

Mara Scott, a Supervising Nurse for the Connecticut Department of Correction, discusses her advancement from a Nurse to a Head Nurse Supervisor in the DOC, the abundance of opportunities Corrections has to offer, and the family-like atmosphere among DOC staff.

Our Mission: The Department of Correction shall strive to be a global leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered re-entry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices aligned to law-abiding and accountable behaviors. Safety and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility as it pertains to staff, victims, citizens and offenders.

Selection Plan

Before you apply:

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.

• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.

• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, 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.

• 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.

• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from branch to branch but it does not impact your state service credit.

Important information for after you apply:

• 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 questionnaire'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.

• 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.

• 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, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc. , at the discretion of the hiring agency.

• 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.

• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

Questions about this position should be directed to Jake Ferrari at jake. ferrari@ct. gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Correction this class is accountable for supervising nursing staff engaged in professional nursing activities.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews the work of staff;

• Ensures that goals, objectives and work performed are consistent with standards and that quality care is provided to inmates;

• 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 outsi.