Registered Nurse: Milestone- Part-time Weekends- 4503

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JOB TITLE:                         Registered Nurse

EMPLOYMENT TYPE:        Part-time, 16 hours/wk

SCHEDULED HOURS:        Saturday-Sunday, 7AM-3PM

PROGRAM/LOCATION:     Milestone and New Life Center, Putnam CT

PC#:                                        2609

ABOUT THE PROGRAMS: MILESTONE AND NEW LIFE CENTER

Milestone is a 7-30 day intensive level 3.7 residential treatment center designed to accommodate and treat women with a history of substance abuse, trauma, and mental health issues. Our program is recovery-oriented, gender-responsive, and trauma-informed. The overall goal of treatment is to help women find real hope for recovery. Milestone offers individual and group counseling, case management, and aftercare planning services. This program also provides treatment for co-occurring disorders, with substance abuse as their primary diagnosis. Treatment is individualized and targeted around the needs essential to moving forward toward employment, housing, and family stability. Milestone is part of CHR's Center of Excellence for Women/Women and Children at our Putnam campus. Length of day is less than 30 days and are then referred out to a step-down program to further address their co-occurring disorders.

CHR's New Life Center is a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program designed to accommodate women with substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders who have infants, toddlers under the age of 4yo and/or expectant mothers.  Children reside in the facility with their Mothers in order to promote a healthy parental bond with the focus of developing effective parenting skills.  Estimated length of stay is 4-6 months with the goal of preparing for a healthy and safe substance free lifestyle.  DCF involved Mothers welcomed.  Mothers and infants receive medical care at Day Kimball Hospital.

ABOUT THE POSTION: Registered Nurse

Why Nurses Love This Program:

• Make a Meaningful Impact: Support adults with complex medical and mental health needs through truly integrated, whole-person care.
• Work That Changes Lives: Be part of a passionate team where the relationships you build with clients create lasting change—for them and for your career.
• Unique Clinical Experience: Work with diverse populations while gaining hands-on exposure.
• Whole-Person Impact: Provide integrated care for individuals with both mental health and substance use disorders, helping clients achieve stability across multiple areas of life—not just symptom management.
• See Real-Life Progress: Working with this population allows you to witness meaningful changes in clients’ daily lives, such as improved diagnostic stability, better medication adherence, and healthier coping strategies.

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Provides direct services to clients supported within the 24/7 residential setting.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the treatment of substance use disorders as well as co-occurring disorders relevant to the population served.
• Intervenes in client differences or conflicts in a way to ensure a positive milieu.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the importance of family and natural support connections for clients served within the programs
• Demonstrates the ability to form and maintain positive and healthy rapport with clients served by building trust and supporting competencies through interest and active engagement.
• Demonstrates the ability to teach and support the learning of a broad range of skills including those related to: coping skills, ADLS and areas of psychoeducation and linkage to community resources and self-help groups.
• Transports clients within the program as needed.
• Documents planned interventions, behavior incidents, and general observations of clients served and assessment of their skills, behavior, and moods in an objective and professional manner.
• Provides integrated behavioral health and medical treatment planning and comprehensive care management of adults with substance use and mental health disorders.
• Maintains knowledge of current ideas, theories and research regarding treatment of individuals with complex behavioral health and medical issues including factors contributing to health care disparities
• Supervises provision of laboratory testing on-site and off-site, according to agency policies
• Develops and provides individual and group treatment and psycho-educational groups designed to aid clients in understanding and maintaining their medications and side effects, as well as how to manage their behavioral health symptoms, improve skills for recovery and living a healthy lifestyle.
• Provides crisis assessment and intervention to monitor status of clients in crisis.
• Monitors medications of all residents in accordance with the Adult residential medication policy and procedure.
• Teaches and assists all residents in areas of rehab including: nutrition and healthy living, meal preparation, hygiene, laundry, banking and budgeting, and basic home care skills.
• Assists/Manages administrative functions and tasks at the direction of the supervisor
• Additional duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:  Graduate of a School of Nursing from an Accredited Nursing Program and RN Licensure.

Experience:  Experience working with patients with substance use and mental health disorders.    Experience working in a managed care environment.

Licensure/Certification/Registration: RN license to practice in State of CT.  

Training: CPR & First Aid Certification required OR must obtain within 90 days of employment.

Why Join CHR?

Be part of an exciting, supportive, and dynamic workplace where your growth and well-being are our top priorities!

• Comprehensive benefits packages include health insurance, ample paid time off (including your birthday!), employer contributions to your 403b Retirement Plan, and competitive insurance premiums with added discounts on pet, home and auto!
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs, including exclusive tuition discounts for CHR employees at several local colleges/universities

• Career development opportunities! FREE robust training curriculum, featuring our Clinical Training Series for interactive learning, practical skill enhancement, and professional growth! Clinical supervision and/or mentoring offered at several programs

• Wellness program: Annual wellness stipend, FREE premium subscription to the Calm app, 6 FREE confidential counseling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Employee appreciation and involvement, including contests, lunch & learns (meet with our CEO!), employee appreciation events, employee-led resource groups open to all, and more!

And so much more! (Many benefits are available to all staff, regardless of the hours worked, with some subject to eligibility)

COMPENSATION*:       

$64,429.46 min-$96,645.12 max

*Actual rates within this range are determined at the time of offer and are based on relevant experience, as well as adherence to our internal equity policy. (Please note, for part-time positions this range would be pro-rated based on hours worked)   

CHR is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage all to apply.

Take the first step to a meaningful career and apply to CHR today!

Salary : $64,429 - $96,645