Clinical Nurse (RN) - IMC/Respiratory Telemetry Unit (Bean 5)

MaineHealth; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 57,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Flexible work options

Student loan assistance

Professional development opportunities

Well-being resources

Recognition programs

Career growth opportunities

Shift differentials or incentives

Job summary

MaineHealth is recruiting a Clinical Nurse II for Bean 5, a high-paced 43-bed unit with an IMC/AVU. The role emphasizes ventilator weaning, critical assessment, and teamwork to deliver patient-centered care.

This full-time day-shift position requires RN licensure in Maine, BSN preferred, and at least 1 year of RN experience with respiratory or IMC background. Competitive pay and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing preferred; evidence of 10 hours of ongoing education per year.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in Maine; specialty certification preferred.
• At least 1 year RN experience; Respiratory/IMC/ventilator experience preferred.
• Strong nursing knowledge and ability to collaborate with health care teams.
• Demonstrates caring nursing practice and ability to identify changes in patient conditions.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care per standards and policies.
• Coordinate care across inpatient settings including IMC/AVU and telemetry.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families and interdisciplinary teams.
• Ensure patient safety and quality of care in a high-paced environment.

Skills

Nursing

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Crisis management

Team collaboration

Education

BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing)

Job description

Description

Nursing

Req #: 92006

This is a bargaining unit position

Job posting date: 10/19/2026

2 Positions available

This is a Clinical Nurse II vacancy open to candidates with greater than 1 year of RN work experience.

Bean 5 is a high-paced 43 bed medical respiratory unit with an embedded 8 bed Intermediate Care Unit (IMC). Unique to Bean 5, the 8 bed IMC includes our Assisted Ventilator Unit.

The patient population on Bean 5 is vast and includes specialties of acute on chronic states, respiratory failure, complex vascular, general surgical and neuroscience conditions, sepsis and multisystem organ failure.

RN's providing care in the Bean 5 IMC/AVUdemonstrate astute assessment and critical thinking skills, as patients in IMC may have multi-system issues that require continuous monitoring, medication drips, frequent interventions, and higher level respiratory support.Within our Assisted Ventilation Unit (AVU) patients may be requiring acute and/or chronic ventilator support.

With a focus on ventilator weaning, nursing interventions require frequent assessments and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. RN's working on Bean 5 have the opportunity to work in a unique clinical setting that allows for experience in medical telemetry, IMC, and AVU.

Bean 5's clinical nursing team includes bright, innovative professionals looking to hold themselves and others to the highest nursing and care standards. Our nurses, patient care technicians, and CNAs exemplify analytic ability to identify patient needs, risks, and interventions. We provide excellent customer service to patients and families at their current health states and learning abilities. As a team, we continually demonstrate exceptional communication abilities, always effectively interacting and problem solving with other healthcare professionals, hospital administration, patients and families.

Full time day shift opportunity consisting of 3, 12 hour shifts per week.

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: A Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is preferred.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: At least 1 year prior RN work experience. Respiratory or IMC experience preferred. Ventilator experience strongly preferred.
• 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

MaineHealth is committed to fostering a supportive, inclusive environment where care team members can thrive while making a meaningful impact in the communities we serve across Maine and New Hampshire.

• paid parental leave
• flexible work options
• student loan assistance
• professional development opportunities
• well-being resources
• recognition programs
• career growth opportunities
• shift differentials or other incentives

We recognize the value each team member brings to our organization.Any offer of employmentwill depend onqualificationssuch asskills, relevant experience, education, certifications,and otherjob-relatedfactors. Thebase rangeis an estimate and does notreflect the full valueofourtotal compensationpackage.

The pay range for this position is $41.34 to $60.22 per hour.

Compensation for part-time positions isdeterminedon a prorated basis consistent with the scheduled hours and applicable full-time equivalent (FTE).

In addition to base pay, MaineHealth offerscomprehensivebenefits, recognition programs, career growth opportunities, and,where applicable,shiftdifferentials or other incentives.