Staff Nurse CNII-Admission/Discharge

Job Detail

• ###### Job Title:

Staff Nurse CNII-Admission/Discharge

• ###### Department:

81008-Surgery/Orthopedics Unit

• ###### Location:

Farmington

• ###### FTE%:

0.7

• ###### Shift

1/2

• ###### Search #:

2027-683

• ###### Closing Date:

11/10/2026

• ###### Recruiter:

McNamara, Elizabeth

• Parking information

UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Medical/Surgical Registered Nurse with and a passion for patient experience. This critical role is located in our Surgery/Orthopedic Unit as an Admission/Discharge RN and will provide an employee with access to work alongside top medical providers, as well as perform in a new, state-of-the-art facility

SCHEDULE: 56 hours every two weeks, 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., rotating weekends and holidays. 30-miute unpaid mealbreak

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:* Performs a full range of tasks in providing nursing care to assigned patients, including lifting

• Performs individualized nursing assessments for each assigned patient.
• Develops/updates care plans utilizing established standards of care which include physician prescribed therapies and common nursing measures derived from disease related/therapy/personal needs.
• Organizes/coordinates patient care.
• Collaborates with staff to implement patient care plans.
• Participates in staff/patient care conferences,
• Assists in clinical education/orientation of other staff.
• Guides and supervises assigned personnel in the delivery of patient care.
• Performs related duties as required.
• Responsible for daily admissions and discharges.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of nursing;
• Knowledge of relevant health center policies and procedures
• Excellent demonstrated interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills
• Proven ability to establish priorities and manage effectively.

REQUIREMENTS

Candidates must possess and maintain a current RN license in the State of CT and have graduated from an accredited nursing program.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Minimum 1 year Regisered Nurse experience.

PREFERRED:* BSN or an ADN/ASN and active enrollment in a BSN program.

• 1-2 years inpaient hospital RN experience
• Admission Dscharge experience
• Med/Surg and or Ortho/Surgery experience with telemetry experience.

WHY UCONN HEALTH

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961.

Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.