Per Diem Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health

Requisition Number: 6075

Position Title:

External Description:

Nuvance Health has an exciting Per Diem opportunity for a Registered Nurse (RN) to join the Behavioral Health team at Sharon Hospital, Sharon, CT!

We offer:

 

-Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

-Flexible Work Hours

-401 (K) Benefits

-Group Life Insurance

-Wellness Programs

-Tuition Reimbursement

-Referral Bonuses

Nuvance Health is a family of award-winning nonprofit hospitals and healthcare professionals in the Hudson Valley and western Connecticut. Nuvance Health combines highly skilled physicians, state-of-the-art facilities and technology, and compassionate caregivers dedicated to providing quality care across a variety of clinical areas, including Cardiovascular, Neurosciences, Oncology, Orthopedics, and Primary Care. Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care, and two urgent care offices. Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates, including the Thompson House for rehabilitation and skilled nursing services, and the Home Care organizations. For more information about Nuvance Health, visit www.nuvancehealth.org.

Purpose:

The Behavioral Health Registered Nurse (RN) executes comprehensive nursing care activities and provides nursing staff leadership. He/she assesses patient needs, plans and implements patient care activities, and evaluates the patient’s response to treatment. He/she manages activities within the therapeutic milieu and directs the delivery of nursing care by other members of the nursing treatment team. Population served is based on scope of services in the department.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Associate Degree in nursing or equivalent experience.

Preferred:

One to three years nursing experience preferred.
Clerical (filing, photocopying etc.) experience preferred.
License, Registration, or Certification Requirements:

CT RN License required.
BLS Certification required.

Successful completion of a Joint Commission approved non-violent de-escalation certification program within 30 days of hire.
Location: Sharon-Sharon Hospital 50 Hospital Hill Road

Work Type: Per Diem

Work Schedule: Day 12

Work Shift: 6:45 am-7:15 pm weekends, holidays

Department: Psych Unit

EOE, including disability/vets.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. 

Salary Range: 32.00-65.00

City: Sharon

State: Connecticut

Community / Marketing Title: Per Diem Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health

Company Profile:

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

EEO Employer Verbiage:

Location_formattedLocationLong: Sharon, Connecticut US

Job Number: 31557