Pre-Assessment Registered Nurse - Per Diem

Job Description Summary:

MaineGeneral Health is seeking a skilled and compassionate Pre-Assessment Registered Nurse to join our Operating Room team. In this role, you’ll perform pre-operative and pre-procedural patient assessments in collaboration with the surgical team and create individualized patient profiles to ensure specialized needs are communicated and met throughout the perioperative continuum of care. Your work will play a key role in ensuring patient safety, preparation, and a positive surgical experience.

Job Description:

Position: Pre-Assessment RN

Location: Alfond Center for Health, Augusta
Schedule: Per diem

Shift:  Days

What You'll Do:

• Conducts required patient assessments and obtains required documentation. Schedules an/or orders appropriate testing.
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient testing, admission, referrals, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides preprocedural/preadmission patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Performs chart organization and review, ensures required test results and documents are included, and performs necessary follow-up with physician(s) based on results. Obtains additional orders and documents per hospital policy as necessary.

What We're Looking For:

• Current State of Maine RN license (or ability to obtain)
• Strong clinical assessment and communication skills
• Ability to anticipate patient needs and collaborate effectively with the surgical team
• Experience in perioperative, surgical services, or pre-admission testing preferred

Why Join MaineGeneral?

• Competitive Pay – Earn up to an additional $7/hr for select shifts.
• Comprehensive Benefits – Health, dental, vision, and more.
• Work-Life Balance – Generous parental leave, ample earned time off, and employee discounts.
• Financial Security – Up to 4% retirement contributions and potential student loan reimbursement.
• Career Growth – Opportunities to advance within our organization.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

Work Shift:

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 .