Skip to content

Nurses

Registered Nurse (RN) - Neuro Surgical (Per Diem)

Hartford HealthCare logoHartford HealthCare~$35–$70/hrtypicalHartford, CTPer diemPosted 1w agoStill open, checked every night
  • BLS
  • BSN
  • 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).

Registered nurses in Connecticut: pay by town and employer

The Registered Nurses & LPNs job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly

Workplace injuries

Hartford Hospital in Hartford reported 371 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 12,513,017 hours worked: 5.9 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.1 per 100 full-time workers at general hospitalsnationwide. 15 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 Hartford Hospital

Medicare gives Hartford Hospital 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Connecticut's hospitals average 3.4). 73% 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 49% 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 Hartford Hospital's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $61.91 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 Hartford 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)

Every state's nurse staffing law, in its own words

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%

From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 9 Nov 2026. Every figure for Registered nurse and LPN jobs

About the job

Location Detail: 81 Retreat Ave HH Core Bldg (10067)

Shift Detail: per diem, 1 holiday per year

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 Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals as well as a Level I trauma center. Hartford Hospital is on the cutting edge of technology & medical care and is home to the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. Housing the Northeast’s largest robotic surgery center, committed to becoming the best in the country for patient safety and is pursuing that goal by taking innovative action and creating a culture of safety at every level within the organization. Job Summary 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.

This role is eligible for enrollment in the Ayer Neuroscience Institute Neuroscience Nurse Developmental Fellowship program. Upon completion of certain milestones, Graduate Nurses are eligible to earn up to an additional $10,000 bonus, while experiences nurses can earn up to an additional $5,000.

North 9 is a surgical unit with private rooms, is comprised of Neurosurgical and Trauma patients, with a 9 bed Step Down attached. There is room for growth and development, as nurses are eventually cross trained into the Step Down. Hartford Hospital is Stroke and Spine Certified, and the nurses on North 9 are part of the Rapid responders, and Stroke Stat Responder team at the hospital.

Qualifications

  • Current Connecticut RN License.
  • Graduate of an accredited nursing school
  • ASN Required (Must obtain a BSN within 6 years of starting in the RN role)
  • BSN preferred.
  • BLS certification by the American Heart Association required prior to date of hire.

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 .

As an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

From Hartford HealthCare's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Sponsored

Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.

Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.

New registered nurse and LPN jobs in Connecticut, by email

One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.

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

Based in Hartford, CTHires in Connecticut, Rhode IslandPay on its listings: 0.3% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

More registered nurse and LPN jobs

A licensed RN or LPN?

One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.

Create my profile

Hartford HealthCare openings, sent to you weekly

Each week we send the newest postings from Hartford HealthCare's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.