Clinical Nurse (RN) - Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) - Barbara Bush Children's Hospital - Maine Health

This is a bargaining unit position.

Job Posting Date: 5/14/2024

For a limited time MaineHealth is offering up to$10,000 Sign on bonus for all eligible experienced Registered Nurses with 1-2 years of experience, and up to $20,000 for experienced Registered Nurses with greater than 2 years of RN experience!

• 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.
  

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital is one of the most sophisticated facilities for pediatric critical care in the northeast featuring the latest in design and technology, including one positive pressure room and two negative pressure rooms. Our PICU offers high-level intensive care for more than 450 critically ill children each year. Our providers have the expertise to care for children with: Acute critical illness, serious injuries from accidents, severe neurological illness or injury, organ failure, those who have undergone complex surgery. This expert care includes advanced therapies in invasive and non-invasive respiratory support, sophisticated monitoring techniques, and administering continuous infusions that require close medical supervision. Some of our patients require 1:1 nursing care, while other patients are part of a 1:2 nurse:patient ratio.Our rounds and approach to care are always multidisciplinary and we focus on evidence based practices to provide the most up to date, highest quality care.

All shifts are 12 hrs and we utilize self- scheduling model.

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. Must matriculate to a BSN program within one year of hire, with completion attained within five years of hire.
  • License/Certifications: Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the state of Maine.
  • Experience: At least 1 year prior RN work experience. Prior experience in Pediatrics, ICU, NICU, or ED preferred. Prior PICU experience strongly preferred.
  • 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.
  • Interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
  • Ability to identify potential crisis situations involving patients and/or families and to initiate appropriate action.
  • In accordance with the Clinical Nursing Advancement Program, a Clinical Nurse II may choose to remain at Level II as opposed to seeking advancement to Level III.