Nurses and patient care providers rebuild lives

Join our team of expert caregivers rebuilding lives. Exciting and rewarding roles available for the right candidates. Competitive incentives available for new hires in key positions.

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HFSC Nursing Incentives

High quality, patient-centered care starts with you. Hospital for Special Care provides the mentoring, professional development and support to help you grow as a patient care provider and practice with confidence at our New Britain and Hartford locations.

CNA Workplace Incentives:

Competitive sign on bonus eligible for select positions
Forge relationships with patients and focus on providing expert care in a fulfilling, fast-paced
nursing environment
Opportunities available for Patient Support Assistants and Nursing Students too!
Work Only Weekends (WOW) Program -12 hour shifts
Tuition reimbursement and scholarships available

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RN Workplace Incentives:

Competitive sign on bonus eligible for select positions
Flexible schedule of 8 or 12 hour shifts
Opportunity to forge relationships with patients
Successfully deliver highly specialized clinical care in a unique patient care environment
Work Only Weekends (WOW) Program -12 hour shifts
Opportunities available for LPNs and graduate
nurses too!

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Why join us?

Nurses and patient care providers on our team thrive in a collaborative and innovative community committed to continued personal and professional development. We empower patient care teams through unit-based partnership councils that guide clinical decisions. Our clinical ladders development program has been designed to keep the expert nurse in direct patient care, facilitate career advancement and recognize leadership excellence.

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Locations

We have career opportunities at our main campus in New Britain, CT and at our Hartford, CT satellite office. Our main campus is home to our inpatient units, outpatient physician’s clinics and therapy facility, aquatic therapy and regular pools, and the fitness center. The 23-bed satellite unit in Hartford provides additional treatment and services for patients requiring 24-hour nursing care and/or rehabilitative services for their medically-complex conditions and health needs.

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Stories of Success

Barbara is a CNA in our respiratory care unit. She has worked at Hospital for Special Care for eight years and says every day is rewarding because she works in a unique care environment to help someone in need. Hospital for Special Care has allowed Barbara to nurture not only her desire to provide the highest quality care to patients, but also to inspire her peers. Barbara has completed level three of the Advancement for Clinical Excellence program, progressing up the clinical ladder by becoming a preceptor and course instructor. Her peers say she is a true team leader, who educates and inspires her team to learn new skills, grow in their careers, and ultimately rebuild lives.

Barbara Malyszko CNA, Respiratory Care Unit

Stories of Success

Nadine started as a student nurse technician when she first came to Hospital for Special Care almost 40 years ago. She fell in love working with children on our complex pediatric unit. She learned important hands-on skills working with a unique patient population that helped her earn her RN and later become a clinical coordinator. Nadine earned the Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing for providing the highest quality care and showing extraordinary compassion for her patients and their families. Every day she feels a profound sense of fulfillment as a part of a child’s growth and healing journey.

Nadine Johnson RN, Clinical Coordinator, Pediatric Unit

Stories of Success

Kimberly 'Kim' Santoro has enjoyed diverse clinical experiences over her 20-year career at Hospital for Special Care. Kim first learned about our unique patient population as a patient support assistant and advanced her career in multiple roles in complex pediatric care, medical rehabilitation, and autism care. She found a true passion for working with children with autism and has taken on the role of the assistant clinical manager of our Autism Inpatient Unit. The relationship she builds with patients and their families always remind her why she started a career in healthcare: to rebuild lives.

Kimberly Santoro BSN, RN, Autism Inpatient Unit

Top Workplace

Our employees are passionate and think highly about their work here. For the tenth year in a row, we were named as one of the large business division “Hartford Courant CT Top Workplaces”.

Women-Led Top Workplace

We are honored as a Woman-Led Top Workplace for fostering a caring, innovative and rewarding workplace culture. Top Workplace recognized us with a Woman-Led Top Workplace National Culture Excellence Award.