Job Description:

SCADD is currently seeking compassionate Registered Nurses (Full-Time, Part-Time, Per Diem) to provide nursing oversight to clients that are seeking medically monitored withdrawal services at our New London Withdrawal Management facility. This position requires every other weekend and holiday.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Perform initial nursing assessments of clients and document ongoing assessments of clients that are response to treatment. 
• Perform admissions of clients. 
• Develop, implement, record, and evaluate nursing care plans according to age and specific needs of clients.
• Participate in or supervise the nursing care of clients, providing direct physical care measures as needed. 
• Act as a primary nurse working with individual clients and coordinating their treatment. 
• Execute the medical regimen of care as prescribed by the physician. 
• Educate the client and family toward an understanding of health and illness and the plans for post-discharge care. 
• Respond to medical and psychiatric emergency needs of clients.
• Run client recovery groups.

Job Requirements:

• Current State of Connecticut - Department of Public Health Registered Nurse License (RN)
• CPR certification.
• Computer Literate
• Experience in behavioral health / substance abuse field preferred.

Full-Time Positions Offer:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• College Tuition Benefit Program
• Student Loan Debt Management Program
• 403 (B) Tax-Sheltered Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Up to 10% employer match after 12 months of hire for 403 (B)
• Life Insurance Plan
• Professional Development Education & Training
• Paid Vacation, Sick Days, Bereavement, & 11 Holidays
• Confidential and Free Employee Assistance
• Licensure Reimbursement
• Additional Employee Benefits offered through partnership with the CT Non-Profit Alliance.

$3,500 SIGN ON BONUS for Full Time Register Nurses (RN)

- $1,750.00 upon hire and

- $1,750.00 at the completion of 12 months of employment.

 SCADD's Culture:

At SCADD, we recognize that our employees are our biggest asset. Our multidisciplinary team is committed to helping individuals and families find their path to recovery.

SCADD offers a team-oriented and supportive environment where the client experience is our highest priority. Clients are treated with dignity and respect while receiving services to promote and maintain recovery after program completion. Our culture strives to deliver and maintain respect for the individual and we value the contributions made by our team for both our clients and the communities that we serve.

About the Agency:

The Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (SCADD) has been providing quality treatment services to people seeking recovery since 1966. SCADD can provide a continuum of treatment services, licensed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health. 

We are an agency that believes in second chances and the ability of people to find recovery. Our empathetic, compassionate staff are dedicated to supporting people on their pathway to recovery. We provide High-Intensity Residential Treatment, Low-Intensity Residential treatment, Outpatient & Intensive Outpatient, Withdrawal Management, Medication Management, and Recovery Housing. SCADD’s Recovery Housing facilities, Withdrawal Management facility, and Outpatient facility are funded and supported by The United Way of Southeastern Connecticut. Our empathetic, compassionate staff are dedicated to supporting people with addiction.

Recovery Friendly Workplace:

In 2024, SCADD was designated a Recovery Friendly Employer. Becoming a Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) means keeping your organization strong by keeping employees on the job, even as they recover from substance use. Being a Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) means reducing negative judgments and perceptions about workers experiencing or in recovery from SUD.

About the programs:

­­­­­­­­­­­­SCADD’s Lebanon Pines program offers long term treatment for men with addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders on a 56-acre campus in the southeastern region on Connecticut. "The Pines" provides a structured recovery environment with a focus on the psychosocial aspects of treatment. Residents work on recovery skills, managing the signs and symptoms of relapse and making meaningful lifestyle changes. Under the direction of our skilled and experienced staff, residents learn to recognize their disease, prevent relapse, and develop skills for reintegration into the community. 

SCADD’s Transitional Housing is a residential treatment program with locations in Norwich and New London, Connecticut. The program is designed to assist and support men and women in their sobriety. This program affords individuals the opportunity to apply learned recovery skills, prevent relapse and promote personal responsibility. Residents can reintegrate into educational, vocational, familial, and social structures.

SCADD’s Withdrawal Management program is a medically monitored withdrawal management and evaluation program delivered by medical and nursing professionals and enhanced by skilled clinicians and technicians. The services are delivered under a defined set of physicians monitored protocols. Twenty-four-hour nursing observation, medical monitoring and treatment are available on site. Counseling and case management services are available on site seven days per week.

New Hire Orientation and Onboarding:

If selected for employment with The Southeastern Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, Inc., newly hired employees will be required to attend a mandatory New Hire Orientation which will take place at our Administrative Offices located on 321 Main Street, in Norwich, CT. 

SCADD is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity