Clinical Nurse II - MMCP (U)

Description

Nursing
Req #: 23124

This is a Bargaining Unit Position
Job Posting Date: 02/12/2025

Full Time/Days

The Scarborough Surgery Center provides care to patients of all ages, requiring procedures such as but not limitedto Total Joint Replacement, Robotics, Neuro, ENT, Ortho, GYN/GU. The center is designed around the comfort of patients requiring surgeries that may require an overnight stay, this freestanding, 59,000-SF outpatient surgical center is set on a remote campus and includes:

• 10 operating rooms
• 31 pre- and post-op rooms

Operating Room Experience Required

This is a Monday-Friday, day shift 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: Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred. Must matriculate to a BSN program within 1 year of hire with completion attained within 5 years of hire. Evidence of 10 hours of ongoing education per year.
• License/Certifications: Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Maine. Certification in relevant specialty preferred.
• Experience: Meets all requirements of Clinical Nurse I. Completion of Level I usually achieved by 12 months of employment. Prior Operating Room RN experience is 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 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.

Additional Information

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.

MaineHealth remains focused on investing in our care team and developing an inclusive environment where you can thrive and feel supported to realize your full potential. If you're looking to build a career in a place where people help one another deliver best-in-class care, apply today.