Nurse - Crisis Center

About the role

Spurwink is hiring Nurses for our soon-to-open Lewiston Crisis Center, which offers a warm, welcoming environment for individuals ages 14+ experiencing urgent behavioral health needs. As an alternative to hospitalization or law enforcement intervention, we provide stabilization, observation, assessment, and short-term intervention in a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive environment—open 24/7, 365 days a year—promoting safety, dignity, and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care, including education on health, safety, wellness, self-management skills, and medication.
• Effectively engage, assess, monitor, educate, coordinate, and provide interventions for participants and families to improve quality of care and participant health outcomes.
• Conduct in-person sessions with participants in the crisis center.
• Participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team by providing health information related to participant medical history and needs, medications, co-morbidities, immunizations, dietary needs, and the behavioral, social, psychological, and environmental determinants of health.

Qualifications

Must be one of the following:

• A registered nurse; or
• A psychiatric nurse licensed as a registered professional nurse by the state where services are provided and certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a psychiatric and mental health nurse; or
• A PMH-APRN who is licensed as a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist by the state where services are provided, who has graduated from a child and adolescent or adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist program and is certified by the appropriate national certifying body; or
• An advanced practice nurse, as defined by the Maine State Board of Nursing.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Employer Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability
• Retirement Account with Matching Contribution (after one year of service)
• Scholarships to ME Community Colleges
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 25% Tuition Reimbursement for UNE Master of Social Work Program
• Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
• Quality Supervision and Paid Training Opportunities
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Flexibility of Schedules
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Opportunity for Same Day Pay
• Health Plan Enrollees – Access to Several Discounts (Hotels, Electronics, Auto, Groceries, Event Tickets, and More)