At Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.

Position Summary:

Is responsible for managing individualized direct patient care to hemodialysis patient population by performing duties and responsibilities in accordance to policy, procedure, standards of nursing care, state, and federal regulations. The RN will work collaboratively with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; provide exceptional patient experience by supporting and educating the patient and family throughout their treatment; functions as the patient advocate while actively following a plan of care responding to changes in condition and/or response to treatments.

Essential Duties:

• Participate in decision-making, teaching, quality improvement activities that will enhance the patient care outcomes and hospital outcomes.

• Coordinate patient care and treatments with the care team including assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation for and assigned group of dialysis patients.

• Delegate appropriate tasks to direct patient are team.

• Demonstrate knowledge of dialysis treatments and care of patient receiving dialysis.

• Demonstrates a time conscious awareness and ability to prioritize during high acuity stations.

• Demonstrates ongoing analysis of patient data and documents in electronic medical record.

• Adjusts or modifies treatment plan as indicated by provider.

• Provides education to patient and family.

• Administer medications as prescribed using five right and barcoding; document appropriate medical effectiveness.

• Demonstrate ability to initiate or assist in emergency response measures.

• Ensures correct laboratory collection based on orders received.

• Complete mandatory education.

• Maintain a good working relationship with the interdisciplinary team.

• Interacts professionally with patient/family and provides appropriate care and information based on patient status.

• Follow Service and Safety Standards.

• Documentation meeting standards and policies.

• Manage and operates equipment safely and correctly.

• Demonstrates ability to be flexible, organized, reliable, and function in stressful situations.

• Maintain a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients and families in accordance to hospital standards.

• Enhances professional growth and development through participating in education programs, current literature, in-service meetings; how responsibility for own professional practice and ongoing education

Education and Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

• Current Registered Nurse License, in the state of Maine.

• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS required.

Preferred:

• 1 year of nursing experience

• Dialysis Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to engage patients and team members using the CMH Service Standards

I am creating a welcoming, caring, and nonjudgmental environment.

I am actively listening and seeking information.

I am honest, truthful, and consistent.

I am respectful, treating all individuals with dignity and empathy.

I am serving as a role model, taking both initiative and ownership when appropriate.

I am working collaboratively and demonstrating teamwork.

I am resilient and adapt to change in positive ways.

• Ability to follow CMH safety behaviors

I will communicate clearly.

I will exhibit teamwork.

I will display personal responsibility.

I will have a questioning mindset.

I will embrace patients and family as partners in patent care valuing diversity, culture, and identity.

• Demonstrate ability to direct and triage in a highly fluid dynamic operational environment.

• Ability to collaborate with all layers of management / administration team.

  If you are passionate about making a difference and are looking for your next great career opportunity, we look forward to reviewing your application!

  AT CENTRAL MAINE HEALTHCARE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING WE DO

Our why, our purpose, drives every decision and action we take as a healthcare system. We strive everyday to deliver exceptional care, and to improve our community. We are a non-profit organization that is breaking the traditional healthcare mold by bringing our patients and their family’s high value, low cost, and award-winning care while focusing on creating an exceptional experience for them; all within their communities. To accomplish this, we only hire individuals who are committed to excellence, who embody the principles of our CMH Experience Service Standards, and who are ready to step in and help their fellow team members achieve those exceptional results for our patients, their families, and the community.

Central Maine Healthcare System

The organization is broad in its footprint, with three (3) hospitals in Bridgton, Lewiston, and Rumford, and over 75 individual practices within our Medical Group. Lewiston’s Central Maine Medical Center is a certified and award-winning level two trauma center, along with our Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute and the upcoming highly anticipated launch of our comprehensive state of the art cancer treatment center. Both Bridgton and Rumford Hospitals are four (4) star accredited acute care hospitals, and our Medical Group and Maine Urgent Care Centers have won multiple awards within their specialties. As a system we are a six-time winner of the Leapfrog Safety A Rating since 2019, representing some of the highest quality care and outcomes nationwide. Our awards and accolades are only possible as a result of our commitment to culture, and a focus on safety and inclusion, in each of our patient’s experiences and in the experiences we create within our teams.

If you are a person who is looking for a way to give back to your community, to help improve the lives of patients or those who care for our patients, want to be part of a growing organization that is setting the bar for Maine healthcare, apply to join Central Maine Healthcare today!

Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity

CMH actively promotes diversity in its workforce at all levels of the organization. We strive to create and maintain a setting where we celebrate cultural and other differences and consider them strengths of the organization. CMH is an equal opportunity workforce and no one shall discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or veteran status with respect to any offer, or term or condition, of employment. We make reasonable accommodations to the known physical and mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities.