Clinical Nurse (RN) - IMC/General Surgical Unit (R3)
About The Position
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. R3 at Maine Medical Center is an adult Medical Surgical unit, serving adult patients 18 and over. R3 also has a section within the unit with 6 intermediate care beds. The unit provides care primarily for general surgical patients and includes surgical specialties in vascular, bariatric, abdominal, trauma, complex wound management, and burn populations. Inpatient experience desired. This is a part time, day shift opportunity consisting of 2, 12-hour shifts per week.
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.
- Experience: At least 1 year RN experience.
- 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.
- Demonstrates a caring nursing practice and promotes a healing environment for patients and families.
- Demonstrates the required knowledge and technical skills to care for most patient populations on the unit.
Nice To Haves
- Charge nurse, wound/burn, or telemetry experience preferred.
- Care of post-op surgical patients strongly preferred.
- Inpatient experience desired.
Responsibilities
- assessment
- diagnosis
- outcome identification
- planning
- implementation
- documentation
- evaluation of the effects of nursing care
- Care delivery and coordination of patient and family care
Benefits
- With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you'll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them - both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.
- We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow - programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Hospitals
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
