Clinical Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department

MaineHealth•Portland, ME

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse supports Maine Medical Center’s mission, vision, and values through excellence, competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, patient- and family-centered care, commitment to the community, and accountability. In accordance with national nursing practice standards and Maine Medical Center and Maine State Board of Nursing policies and procedures, the nurse is responsible for assessing patients, identifying diagnoses and outcomes, planning and implementing care, documenting care, and evaluating its effects. Care and coordination begin with initial contact with the health care system and may continue across inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, and community settings. This vacancy is in the Emergency Department at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine’s only Level I Trauma Center, which also serves as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Cardiac Center and includes a dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department. The department provides care in a high-acuity, high-volume environment and emphasizes teamwork, collaboration, continuous learning, innovation, and clinical excellence. The team includes emergency physicians, nurses, residents, mid-level providers, and specialists, supported by an inclusive culture and accessible leadership committed to team members’ growth and well-being. This is a Clinical Nurse II vacancy for candidates with more than one year of RN work experience. It is a bargaining unit position with three openings on the full-time night shift. The pay range is $41.34 to $60.22 per hour. MaineHealth describes benefits and other support including paid parental leave, flexible work options, student loan assistance, professional development opportunities, well-being resources, recognition programs, career growth opportunities, and applicable shift differentials or other incentives.

Requirements

Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Maine.
At least 1 year of prior RN work experience; the vacancy is open to candidates with greater than 1 year of RN work experience.
Meets all requirements of Clinical Nurse I.
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 health care 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.
Demonstrates caring nursing practice and promotes a healing environment for patients and families.
Demonstrates the knowledge and technical skills required to care for most patient populations on the unit.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN).
Certification in a relevant specialty.
Critical care, pediatrics, or behavioral health experience.
Emergency Department experience; strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients and identify nursing diagnoses and desired outcomes.
Plan, implement, document, and evaluate the effects of nursing care.
Coordinate patient and family care beginning with initial contact with the health care system and, as needed, across inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, and community settings.
Identify changes in patients’ conditions 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.
Use the knowledge and technical skills needed to care for most patient populations on the unit.
Support Maine Medical Center’s mission, vision, and values through excellence, competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, patient- and family-centered care, community commitment, and accountability.