Clinical Nurse (RN) - Medical Intensive Care Unit

MaineHealth•Portland, ME

About The Position

Maine Medical Center is hiring a Clinical Nurse II for its 20-bed Medical Intensive Care Unit. The nurse provides care for patients with a broad range of critical conditions, including renal failure requiring CRRT, ARDS and respiratory failure, sepsis and shock, multi-system organ failure, pulmonary hypertension, oncologic emergencies, and obstetrical emergencies. Many patients require mechanical ventilation, vasoactive support, and frequent assessment for subtle clinical changes. The Clinical Nurse supports Maine Medical Center’s mission, vision, and values through excellence, competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, patient- and family-centered care, community commitment, and accountability. In accordance with professional nursing standards and applicable policies, the nurse assesses, diagnoses, identifies outcomes, plans and implements care, documents it, and evaluates its effects. Care coordination may span inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, and community settings. The unit emphasizes clinical excellence, evidence-based practice, the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s ICU Liberation Bundle, shared governance, teamwork, interdisciplinary partnership, and continuous learning. Nurses receive structured onboarding with experienced preceptors and mentors, and may participate in quality improvement, innovation, research, education, and hospital-wide initiatives. Support is available for specialty certification and professional advancement.

Requirements

Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Maine.
More than one year of RN work experience; the posting describes this as a Clinical Nurse II vacancy open to candidates with greater than one year of RN experience.
Meet all requirements of Clinical Nurse I; completion of Level I is usually achieved by 12 months of employment.
Evidence of 10 hours of ongoing education per year.
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 to identify changes in patients’ conditions and initiate appropriate action.
Ability to identify potential crisis situations involving patients and/or families and initiate appropriate action.
Demonstrated caring nursing practice and ability to promote a healing environment for patients and families.
Knowledge and technical skills to care for most patient populations on the unit.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN).
Certification in a relevant specialty.
More than two years of medical-surgical nursing experience.
ICU experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, identify nursing diagnoses and desired outcomes, plan and implement care, document care, and evaluate its effects.
Coordinate patient and family care across the continuum of health care services.
Monitor critically ill patients, recognize changes in condition, and initiate appropriate action.
Identify potential crisis situations involving patients or families and initiate appropriate action.
Provide caring nursing practice and promote a healing environment for patients and families.
Apply the knowledge and technical skills required to care for most patient populations on the unit.
Collaborate with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team.