Registered Nurse - Graduate Nurse (RN, GN) - PCU E3

Hartford HealthCare

Norwich, Connecticut

Posted Jul 21 · New grads welcomed · reported

Shift and hours: Days
Unit and setting: E3 · 25 beds · Hospital Our team has specialty training to care for complex stroke, vascular, neurological and specialty surgery populations as well as intermediate care patients.
License: RN license current unrestricted license in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Connecticut
Term: Permanent

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Patients: Our team has specialty training to care for complex stroke, vascular, neurological and specialty surgery populations as well as intermediate care patients. Our team has specialty training to care for complex stroke, vascular, neurological and specialty surgery populations as well as intermediate care patients.

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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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E3 is a combined telemetry and Progressive Care Unit containing 25 beds and a team of nursing and healthcare professionals with excellent critical thinking skills and specialized training to provide the highest level of care. Demonstrates clinical competence through utilization of the nursing process and development of a synergistic nurse-patient relationship. Assesses and identifies patient problems/needs, establishes a plan of care, implements and evaluates care provided to patients.

Qualifications include graduate of a school of Nursing (BSN preferred), one year RN experience or successful completion of Backus Hospital Nurse Residency Program, current unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Connecticut, BLS upon hire, ACLS and PALS within 90 days, dysrhythmia test within 3 months, BKAT score of 80% or critical care course within one year.

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Norwich, CTFrom Census ACS 2024.

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

Life in Norwich, CT

NeighborhoodsSources never map nurses to one subdivision, but Backus Hospital is Norwich’s largest employer, so in-city living is the practical pattern. Named pockets include historic Downtown and Millionaire’s Walk beside Norwich Free Academy, where Gilded Age mansions have been split into apartments; colonial Norwichtown around its green and burial ground; Laurel Hill, with pier views at Howard T. Brown Memorial Park; mill-village Taftville between Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun; East Great Plains; and Yantic near Yantic Falls. Citywide median home value is about $259,990 and median rent about $1,075—cheaper than coastal Connecticut, in old mill and mansion stock rather than new professional enclaves.

Sources never map nurses to one subdivision, but Backus Hospital is Norwich’s largest employer, so in-city living is the practical pattern. Named pockets include historic Downtown and Millionaire’s Walk beside Norwich Free Academy, where Gilded Age mansions have been split into apartments; colonial Norwichtown around its green and burial ground; Laurel Hill, with pier views at Howard T. Brown Memorial Park; mill-village Taftville between Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun; East Great Plains; and Yantic near Yantic Falls.

Citywide median home value is about $259,990 and median rent about $1,075—cheaper than coastal Connecticut, in old mill and mansion stock rather than new professional enclaves.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: homes.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: greatwolf.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: facebook.com

Getting aroundAverage commute time is 21.2 minutes (U.S. News) to 23.5 minutes (MYMOVE). Backus Hospital is inside Norwich, so hospital-based nurses often have a short in-city drive rather than a regional highway commute; sources do not name routes, bus lines, or parking rules at the hospital. Norwich runs its own utilities, which residents say cost less than Eversource, and a Public Works department credited with plowing streets quickly after snow. Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods, and Mystic are a short drive for extra work or errands.

Average commute time is 21.2 minutes (U.S. News) to 23.5 minutes (MYMOVE). Backus Hospital is inside Norwich, so hospital-based nurses often have a short in-city drive rather than a regional highway commute; sources do not name routes, bus lines, or parking rules at the hospital.

Norwich runs its own utilities, which residents say cost less than Eversource, and a Public Works department credited with plowing streets quickly after snow. Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods, and Mystic are a short drive for extra work or errands.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: mymove.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: homes.com

OutdoorsMohegan Park is the 350-acre city centerpiece, with trails, a playground, and a swimming pond. Yantic Falls is a regular short outing; Laurel Hill’s Howard T. Brown Memorial Park has pier views, and the Marina at American Wharf sits where three rivers meet. Guides list 17 parks and five hiking trails. Golfers use Malerba’s Driving Range in East Great Plains and nearby Lake of Isles; weekend nature trips include Harkness Memorial State Park and Bluff Point State Park. Climate figures run about 28 inches of snow and 54.81 inches of rain a year.

Mohegan Park is the 350-acre city centerpiece, with trails, a playground, and a swimming pond. Yantic Falls is a regular short outing; Laurel Hill’s Howard T. Brown Memorial Park has pier views, and the Marina at American Wharf sits where three rivers meet.

Guides list 17 parks and five hiking trails. Golfers use Malerba’s Driving Range in East Great Plains and nearby Lake of Isles; weekend nature trips include Harkness Memorial State Park and Bluff Point State Park.

Climate figures run about 28 inches of snow and 54.81 inches of rain a year.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: homes.com Source 4: mymove.com Source 5: greatwolf.com

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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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As of 2025Source 1: homes.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: mymove.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: reddit.com Source 7: reddit.com Source 8: greatwolf.com Source 9: tripadvisor.com

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