Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinical Cardiac EP (Per Diem)
- RN license
How this pay compares
This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open registered nurse jobs in Connecticut post a median of $57.04 an hour, the middle half $49.50–$57.04, across 465 jobs that state their pay. Registered nurses employed in Connecticut earn a median of $49.39 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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Workplace injuries
Backus Hospital in Norwich reported 98 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 3,133,676 hours worked: 6.3 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.1 per 100 full-time workers at general hospitalsnationwide. With its hours, the best estimate leaning on similar sites is 6.2 per 100 full-time workers. 12 of them describe violence by a patient, resident or client in the case's own words. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.
Medicare rating of William W Backus Hospital
Medicare gives William W Backus Hospital 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Connecticut's hospitals average 3.4). 77% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Medicare did not cut its pay for patient harm in fiscal 2026. Its central line bloodstream infections ran 56% below predicted by Medicare's measure. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Connecticut hospitals by rating.
What this hospital paid
By William W Backus Hospital's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $68.19 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $64.33 an hour across Connecticut's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What Connecticut hospitals pay nurses.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Medicare lists William W Backus Hospital as owned by a non-profit body, and Hartford HealthCare also runs for-profit hospitals, so which entity employs you decides whether the work counts toward PSLF. The federal PSLF Help Tool confirms an employer by the EIN on your W-2. Every PSLF-eligible hospital hiring.
What Connecticut law says about nurse staffing and overtime
- Nurse staffing committee or plan: Connecticut hospitals must have a staffing committee, mostly direct care nurses, that develops the nurse staffing plan reported to the state twice a year. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-89e(c)(1) (source: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-89e(c)(1))
- Limits on mandatory overtime: Hospitals may not require nurses to work overtime or retaliate for refusal, except for surgery in progress, critical care until relieved, and declared or institutional emergencies (covers registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse's aides in hospitals). Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490l (source: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490l)
Registered nurse and LPN jobs in our research
- How long these jobs stay listed: Still listed at 7 days 81.0%
- Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.45x · Clicks 134
- How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 54.7% · Stating an hourly rate 33.9%
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About the job
Location Detail: 111 Salem Tpke Norwich (10365)
Shift Detail: Mon-Fri
Work where every moment matters.
Every day, more than 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.
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is one of the largest medical practices in New England with multiple locations throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island. We consist of a team of professionals ranging from Medical Assistants to Physician Assistants and everything in between. Our physician led medical group enjoys an excellent reputation with patients and the medical community, offering primary care, urgent care and more than 30 different specialties.
Job Description
Under provider direction, the RN provides skilled nursing care to patients in a variety of clinical settings. Scope of responsibility is characterized by use of nursing process to assess, plan, intervene and evaluate human responses to actual or potential health problems utilizing appropriate practices, standards, protocols and guidelines. This position reports to a Practice Manager.
- Provides office-based nursing care in collaboration with provider
- Assesses physical and psychosocial needs and environmental factors affecting patients and their families, formulates nursing plan of care and ensures continuity of patient care through appropriate nursing evaluation and intervention
- Communicates with provider regarding patient needs, nursing assessments, and recommendations
- Takes direction and initiates actions (cross/additional training) that will allow seamless patient care
- Collects and documents current health status and medical history and assists in scheduling patient office visits
- Reviews patient records, including preoperative records, to ensure completeness and reviews outstanding issues with provider
- Demonstrates independent nursing actions based on assessment and problem identification
- Under direction of provider, calls in prescription medications to pharmacies and observes and documents patient’s response to pertinent medications
- Documents accurate and ongoing assessment of patient’s needs, problems, capabilities, limitations, progress toward goals, and response to care
- Triages telephone calls and displays ability to initiate appropriate nursing intervention in prompt, precise, and professional manner
- Assists patients and family members or other clients with concern and empathy; respects confidentiality and privacy
Qualifications
- Current Connecticut RN License required.
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 .
From Hartford HealthCare's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Hartford HealthCare
Hartford HealthCare is a nonprofit health system and Connecticut's most comprehensive health care network, with eight acute care hospitals, more than 500 (source: Hartford HealthCare, About Hartford HealthCare) locations and 48,000 (source: Hartford HealthCare, About Hartford HealthCare) colleagues, plus a cardiology practice in Westerly, Rhode Island. Source: Hartford HealthCare, About Hartford HealthCare
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