Clinical Nurse (RN) - IMC/Respiratory Telemetry Unit (Bean 5)

About the role

Maine Medical Center is seeking a Clinical Nurse II for a 43 bed medical respiratory unit with an embedded 8 bed Intermediate Care Unit (IMC) and Assisted Ventilator Unit. The patient population is vast and includes specialties of acute on chronic states, respiratory failure, complex vascular, general surgical and neuroscience conditions, sepsis and multisystem organ failure.

This is a full-time day shift opportunity consisting of 3, 12 hour shifts per week. The Clinical Nurse supports Maine Medical Center's mission, vision, and values by exhibiting excellence, competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, patient and family centered care, commitment to our community, and accountability.

Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse is responsible for assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation of the effects of nursing care. Care delivery and coordination of patient and family care begins with the initial contact with the health care system and may continue across the continuum.

Requirements

• Education: A Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is preferred.
• License/Certifications: Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the state of Maine. Certification in relevant specialty preferred.
• Experience: At least 1 year prior RN work experience. Respiratory or IMC experience preferred. Ventilator experience strongly preferred.
• Basic knowledge of the research base, theory, practices, principles, and processes of professional nursing.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Analytical ability sufficient to identify changes in patients’ conditions and to initiate appropriate action.
• Ability to identify potential crisis situations involving patients and/or families and to initiate appropriate action.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate demonstrates a caring nursing practice and promotes a healing environment for patients and families. They also demonstrate the required knowledge and technical skills to care for most patient populations on the unit.

Skills

Evidence of 10 hours of ongoing education per year is required. The ability to work in a high-paced environment and provide excellent customer service to patients and families is essential.

Benefits

MaineHealth offers benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow, including paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, and well-being resources for you and your family.