Clinical Nurse Manager (RN) - Cardiothoracic ICU

Maine Medical Center is the state's largest medical center, licensed for 700 beds and employing more than 9,600 people. Maine Medical Center's unique role as both a community hospital and a referral center requires an unparalleled depth and breadth of services.

We are currently seeking a Nurse Manager for MFT3. MFT3 is a 12-bed unit housing cardiothoracic patients who have undergone surgery and are recovering or require ICU level of care pre-operatively. Also provides care to patients with other surgical and acute medical conditions.

Position Summary

• The Nurse Manager in collaboration with the Nursing Director is the vital link between the mission and vision of Maine Medical Center and the delivery of safe patient and family centered care that is compassionate, evidence-based, and provides highest quality care. Reporting through the Nursing Director, this role requires collaboration with staff, physicians, directors, other professional colleagues and occasionally senior administration, to meet the diverse and continually changing challenges of the health care environment. The Nurse Manager must be a creative, autonomous, future-oriented, risk-taking entrepreneur who applies nursing expertise, critical thinking, and effective leadership and management skills to ensure that quality care is provided through satisfied and inspired professionals on a daily basis.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

• Education: BSN required. Masters preferred.
• License/Certifications: Requires current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maine.
• Experience: Requires advanced knowledge and expertise in providing care in order to oversee others and serve as effective resource at a level normally acquired through two or three years of progressive experience.
• Requires interpersonal and management skills in order to deal with complex management problems. Communicates effectively with unit and administrative personnel, physicians, a variety of other hospital staff and persons within the community.
• Requires a high level of critical thinking and analytical skills to make management decisions at unit level and make recommendations for consideration on departmental issues.
• Requires the ability to integrate the knowledge of teaching principles and counseling techniques in order to direct the growth of the unit staff.
• Requires a high level of organization skills, effective time management and delegation strategies that include the ability to rapidly prioritize and adjust work flow according to changing unit needs.