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

MaineHealth; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking dedicated Clinical Nurses to join their dynamic team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a high-paced medical respiratory unit, providing care to patients with complex needs. New Graduates are welcomed and will receive a generous sign-on bonus, along with access to a comprehensive Nurse Residency Program. The ideal candidates will demonstrate strong critical thinking and communication skills, ensuring exceptional patient care and collaboration with healthcare professionals. Join a supportive environment that values your growth and well-being while making a difference in the community.

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Work Policy

Student Loan Assistance

Training and Education Programs

Well-being Resources

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing school; BSN preferred.
• Current RN license in Maine required.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams for patient care.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Communication Skills

Analytical Ability

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing

Job description

Nursing
Req #: 29467

This is a bargaining unit position

Job Posting Date: 4/15/2025

5 positions available

For a limited time MaineHealth is offering a $10,000 sign on bonus for all eligible New Graduates!

· Eligible candidates are hired (offer accepted) into a Full or Part time RN position. Bonus amount prorated for Part time hires, per diem hires are ineligible.

· Current MaineHealth member employees are ineligible; former MaineHealth Members are ineligible until greater than 6 months separation from employment.

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.

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: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. A Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is preferred.
• License/Certifications: Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Maine.
• Experience: As this is an entry-level position, experience as an RN is not required. 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 health care team members.
• Analytical ability sufficient to identify changes in patients' conditions and to initiate appropriate action.
• All new graduate RNs (less than 6 months of RN experience) hired into regular status positions are automatically enrolled in our 12-month Nurse Residency Program in conjunction with their unit based employment. For RNs with less than 1 year of RN experience transferring from another organization with RN experience and/or participation in a formal new graduate nurse orientation program, consideration for exceptions to some or all Maine Medical Center Nurse Residency Program requirements may be made on an individual basis.
• In accordance with the Clinical Nursing Advancement Program, a Clinical Nurse I who meets or exceeds all of the Clinical Nurse I criteria and requirements at the 12 month performance evaluation date, will be appointed to the Clinical Nurse II position by the Nursing Director.

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.

If you have questions about this role, please contact Michelle L. Lefebvre at [e-mail]