Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - E4 Telemetry

Backus Hospital

Norwich, Connecticut

Eligibility: RN
Shift: Days
Unit: Tele

Posted Jul 9 · 1 year of experience

Location

Norwich, Connecticut

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Schedule and commitments

Shift: Days
Term: Permanent
Orientation: Transition-to-practice program

The work and the unit

Unit: Tele
Specialty: Telemetry
Setting: Hospital
Precepting: You would precept other nurses

The team behind this role

Preceptors and orientation

Residency includes 12 weeks with nearly 75% dedicated to bedside immersion paired with an RN Preceptor.

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Employer scheduling

Available shifts include 12-hour shifts (7a-7:30p, 7:30p-7a, 11a-11p), 8-hour shifts (3p-11:30p, 11p-7a), rotating weekends/holidays, and per diem scheduling.

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Pay and benefits

Competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance
Career development and growth opportunities

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Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent: $1,253/mo
Household income: $65,024/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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Living in Norwich

Norwich, the Rose of New England, is a 1659 river city at the confluence of three waterways, built on mills, shipping, and a 19th-century boom that left Millionaire’s Walk mansions standing near Norwich Free Academy. For a nurse, the concrete advantages are Backus Hospital as the largest local employer, 21-minute typical commutes, city-owned utilities cheaper than Eversource, and housing well under the U.S. median—homes around $260,000, rents around $1,075—often in subdivided historic houses rather than new complexes. Daily life clusters around Mohegan Park’s 350 acres, Yantic Falls, the downtown historic district, four breweries, The Harp and Dragon, Dixie Donuts, and lobster rolls; Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods, and Mystic sit a short drive out. Winters bring about 28 inches of snow that Public Works is said to clear fast; rain totals near 55 inches. The honest tradeoff is texture: U.S. News scores it 4.7/10, and residents still ask which neighborhoods are safe. Taftville, Laurel Hill, Norwichtown, Yantic, and Downtown are the named places people actually live—mill-town historic, not polished suburb.

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About this role

Location Detail: Backus Hospital (10309) Shift Detail: Day shift with intermittent off shift visibility

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner is a Registered Nurse with NPD practice judgement and expertise who influences professional role competence and growth of learners. The NPD practitioner is responsible for supporting learners within the context and framework of the Nursing Professional Development, Scope and Standards practice as approved by the American Nurses Association. This position works in collaboration with nursing leadership to foster and influence competency management, clinical nursing education, professional role development, policy standardization, collaborative partnerships, scientific inquiry, transition to practice and onboarding/orientation of new Hartford HealthCare colleagues.

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Backus Hospital

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Backus Hospital is a unionized hospital where nurses chart in Epic and pick from 12-hour, 8-hour, and per diem schedules, including 7a-7:30p and 7:30p-7a lines. Norwich runs about 21 minutes of typical commute, with median home value near $259,990 and…

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Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.

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