RN Emergency Department
The Hospital of Central Connecticut
New Britain, Connecticut
You'll work in a 47-bed community ER seeing 80,000 to 85,000 patients a year with a wide range of complaints and illnesses.
Posted Aug 7 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Day shift, 7am-3:30pm, four shifts a week Shift Detail: Day Shift, 7am-3:30pm x4, EOW/EOH4 shifts · 32 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Emergency Department · Hospital services approximately 80,000 to 85,000 patients per year with a wide variety of complaints and illnessesPatients with a wide variety of complaints and illnesses
- License
- RN license RN with current Connecticut license requiredCurrent Connecticut RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed New graduates to work under supervision per State guidelines
- License
- Current Connecticut RN license RN with current Connecticut license required Check your license
Preferred
- Education
- BSN BSN preferred
- Experience
- Experience in emergency medicine Experience in Emergency Medicine preferred
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
What it pays
Benefits
- BenefitsCompetitive benefits program designed for work/life balancewe provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance
The role and schedule
- Care model
- Patient-centered care model focused on a patient centered care model in a richly diverse work space
- Unit size
- 47-bed community emergency room We are a 47 bed community based Emergency Room
- Hours stated
- Day Shift, 7am-3:30pm x4, EOW/EOH
- Weekends
- Every other weekend Shift Detail: Day Shift, 7am-3:30pm x4, EOW/EOH
- Holidays
- Every other holiday
- Details
- New graduates work under supervision per state guidelines
- Details
- Works under the direction and general supervision of the Nurse Manager Under the direction and general supervision of the Nurse Manager
The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026.
- Hospital
- The Hospital of Central Connecticut
- Address
- 100 GRAND STREET, NEW BRITAIN, CT, 06050
- CMS rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Beds
- 248
About THE HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and floating handled day to day?
On your path
Emergency is open from year one. Fellowships take new grads. Watch their application dates.
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Location Detail: 100 Grand Street New Britain (10126) Shift Detail: Day Shift, 7am-3:30pm x4, EOW/EOH
Work where every moment matters.
Every day, over 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.
The Hospital of Central Connecticut is an acute-care community teaching hospital, we provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services in general medicine and surgery, as well as a wide variety of specialties. Staffed by our talented team of leading professionals, The Hospital of Central Connecticut provides a wide array of services throughout the region, caring for patients from birth through the end of life.
We are a 47 bed community based Emergency Room that services approximately 80,000 to 85,000 patients per year with a wide variety of complaints and illnesses. This Emergency Department is well known for its efficient, collaborative, patient centric care. We pride ourselves on our patient and staff satisfaction, consistently focusing on improvements in those areas. If you compassionate, organized, calm under pressure, and patient with good critical thinking and communication skills, we are looking for you.
Our Nurses work in collaborative environments with strong interdisciplinary teams, focused on a patient centered care model in a richly diverse work space. Under the direction and general supervision of the Nurse Manager, the registered nurse utilizes evidence based practices in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act, policies and procedures of the hospital and as directed by the medical staff. The registered nurse who through knowledge and ability uses the nursing process to develop a plan of care which includes standards of practice to meet the physical, emotional spiritual, cultural and educational needs of the patient and family.
Qualifications
- RN with current Connecticut license required
- BSN preferred
- Experience in Emergency Medicine preferred
- New graduates to work under supervision per State guidelines
Critical Success Factors
Demonstrates excellence in customer service Highly effective verbal and written communication skills. Self directed in clinical responsibilities. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others Ability to manage and organize multiple clinical priorities.
Ability to delegate to achieve patient outcomes. We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth.
Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters.
And this is your moment.
What's around it?
New Britain, CTFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 4% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,253/mo
- Household income
- $58,613/yr, all local households, not nurse pay