Long-Term Acute Care Registered Nurse

Seacrest Behavioral Health; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Seacrest Behavioral Health in Portland, ME is seeking an LTAC Nurse to provide high-quality, complex patient care in a long-term acute care setting. You will manage ventilator-dependent patients, perform advanced wound care, and monitor multiple body systems in a highly regulated environment.

This role requires strong clinical judgment, ventilator management proficiency, teamwork with an interdisciplinary care team, precise documentation, and clear communication with patients and families to

Qualifications

• Strong clinical judgement and experience with medically complex patients.
• Competency in ventilator management and complex care protocols.
• Ability to work effectively within an interdisciplinary team.
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to compliance.
• Strong communication and patient/family education skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and deliver complex nursing interventions.
• Manage ventilators and related therapies.
• Coordinate and perform complex wound care.
• Monitor and respond to changes across multiple systems.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team.
• Maintain accurate documentation and follow compliance requirements.
• Educate patients and families to support care and recovery.

Skills

Strong clinical judgement

Ventilator management

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Documentation/compliance

Patient/family education

Job description

LTAC Nurse (Long Term Acute Care)

Provide high-quality, complex patient care in an LTAC setting for medically fragile patients requiring extended hospital-level services. Manage ventilator-dependent patients, deliver advanced wound care, and monitor multiple body systems while adhering to strict clinical and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and deliver complex nursing interventions.
• Manage ventilators and related therapies.
• Coordinate and perform complex wound care.
• Monitor and respond to changes across multiple systems.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team.
• Maintain accurate documentation and follow compliance requirements.
• Educate patients and families to support care and recovery.

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong clinical judgment and experience with medically complex patients.
• Competency in ventilator management and complex care protocols.
• Ability to work effectively within an interdisciplinary team.
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to compliance.
• Strong communication and patient/family education skills.