Clinical Nurse (RN) - Medical Surgical Unit (P2C) - Maine Health

This is a bargaining unit position

Job Posting Date: 7/23/2024

For a limited time MaineHealth is offering up to $10,000 Sign on bonus for all eligible New Grad Registered Nurses!

• Eligible candidates are hired (offer accepted) into a Full or Part time RN position. Bonus amount prorated for Part time hires, per diem hires are ineligible.
• Current MaineHealth member employees are ineligible; former MaineHealth Members are ineligible until greater than 6 months separation from employment.

P2C is a fast paced 18 bed medical surgical telemetry unit that provides extraordinary care to a diverse and complex adult medical surgical patient population. P2C has a general surgical population with a focus on neurological and vascular. P2C also provides a wide variety of medical care with a specialty in Stroke patients. MMC is recognized by the Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and the team of P2C is proud to be one of the units certified to care for this population. P2C has telemetry monitoring capability for both surgical and medical patients. We are looking for individuals committed to providing outstanding patient care, bringing forward innovative ideas, and promoting positivity amongst our team to join us.

Our unit consists of new graduates embarking on their first positions as nurses and experienced RNs with multiple years of experience in their profession. Our diverse group creates an environment that promotes inclusivity, learning opportunities, professional development, and personal growth. Our small, but outgoing team values teamwork and collaboration and looks forward to welcoming you to it!

All new graduate RNs hired into regular status positions are automatically enrolled in our Residency program in conjunction with their unit based employment.

Position Summary

The Clinical Nurse supports Maine Medical Center's mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence, competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, patient and family centered care, commitment to our community, and accountability. In accordance with national standards of nursing practice and within the guidelines and policies and procedures of both Maine Medical Center and the Maine State Board of Nursing, 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. Services may be provided on an inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, and/or community basis.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

• Education: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. 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.
• Experience: As this is an entry-level position, experience as an RN is not required.
• 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 health care team members.
• Analytical ability sufficient to identify changes in patients' conditions and to initiate appropriate action.
• All new graduate RNs (less than 6 months of RN experience) hired into regular status positions are automatically enrolled in our 12-month Nurse Residency Program in conjunction with their unit based employment. For RNs with less than 1 year of RN experience transferring from another organization with RN experience and/or participation in a formal new graduate nurse orientation program, consideration for exceptions to some or all Maine Medical Center Nurse Residency Program requirements may be made on an individual basis.
• In accordance with the Clinical Nursing Advancement Program, a Clinical Nurse I who meets or exceeds all of the Clinical Nurse I criteria and requirements at the 12 month performance evaluation date, will be appointed to the Clinical Nurse II position by the Nursing Director.