Behavioral Health Registered Nurse (RN)--Per Diem

Job Description Summary:

As a behavioral health nurse you will play a crucial role in promoting and maintaining mental health, preventing psychiatric disorders, and assisting individuals in managing mental health conditions.

Job Description:

Role:  Behavioral Health Registered Nurse (RN)

MaineGeneral is seeking a dedicated RN to join our team on 3 South, our inpatient behavioral health unit at the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta. This state-of-the-art unit was designed with the input of staff and patients and is a unique environment sustaining safe, innovative, and supportive care.

At the core of our culture is a welcoming, therapeutic environment where our multidisciplinary treatment team believes patients are more than their diagnoses.

What You'll Do:

• Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, admissions, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluate the learning needs of the patient and/or family and provide patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Effectively delegates and communicates patient care needs to ancillary personnel. May precept student nurses and new hires

Your Qualifications:

• A valid state of Maine RN license or ability to obtain same in a timely fashion; (required)
• 1 year of acute care RN experience serving this patient population; (preferred) 
• New graduates are welcome to apply!
• BLS and MOAB (preferred) 
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to operate and excel in a health care environment with many inherent stressors.

Why Choose MaineGeneral:

• Exciting Shift Differentials: Potential to earn up to an additional $7/hr. for specific shifts.

• Access comprehensive wellness benefits, including health, dental, vision, and more.
• Benefit from employee discounts, generous parental leave, and ample earned time off.
• Retirement planning with up to 4% company contributions.
• Potential student loan reimbursement
• Embrace growth opportunities within our organization

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

Work Shift:

7p-7a (United States of America)

Job Exempt:

No

Benefits:

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

We offer wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.

Career Mobility:

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.
 

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability  Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .