Clinical Nurse (RN) - Operating Room - General Surgery

MaineHealth•Portland, ME

About The Position

Maine Medical Center is a Level 1 trauma center with 39 operating rooms and a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. The Clinical Nurse will work in the Operating Room in General Surgery, with opportunities to work across specialties including cardiac, thoracic, vascular, orthopedic trauma and total joints, neurosurgery, ENT, general surgery, trauma, GU, and pediatrics. The center uses new technology advancements across specialties. 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 national nursing practice standards and the policies of Maine Medical Center and the Maine State Board of Nursing, the nurse is responsible for assessing, diagnosing, identifying outcomes, planning, implementing, and documenting care, and evaluating its effects. Care delivery and coordination may begin at a patient’s initial contact with the health care system and continue across the continuum, in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, or community settings.

Requirements

Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Maine.
At least 1 year of prior RN work experience.
Operating Room experience required.
Must matriculate to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program within 1 year of hire and complete it within 5 years of hire.
Complete 10 hours of ongoing education per year.
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.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN).
Certification in a relevant specialty.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, make nursing diagnoses, identify expected outcomes, and plan, implement, document, and evaluate nursing care.
Deliver and coordinate patient and family care across the continuum and in applicable inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, or community settings.
Identify changes in patients’ conditions and initiate appropriate action.
Recognize 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 needed to care for most patient populations on the unit.
Demonstrate the organization’s values, including collaboration, respect, accountability, and patient- and family-centered care.