Clinical Nurse (RN) - Operating Room Internship

Description

Maine Medical Center

Nursing

Req #: 72831

This is a Bargaining Unit Position

Job Posting Date: 03/30/2026

2 Positions Available

This is a Clinical Nurse 2 vacancy open to candidates with greater than 1 year of RN work experience

We are a Level 1 trauma center with 39 Operating Rooms. We offer a fast-paced, exciting team environment.Offering the opportunity to work in many different surgical specialties such cardiac, thoracic, vascular, ortho trauma/total joints, neurosurgery, ENT, general, trauma, GU, and pediatrics. New technology advancements in all specialties.

We are offering a 6-month internship starting February 2026 to allow experienced RN's to steer their career towards the rewarding Operating Room specialty. Internship includes didactic, clinical, and peri-op 101. Following completion of the internship, you will be based inthe Bramhall Campus Operating Room.

• The internship is scheduled to begin on July 20, 2026****
  
  

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: Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred. Must matriculate to a BSN program within 1 year of hire with completion attained within 5 years of hire. Evidence of 10 hours of ongoing education per year.
• License/Certifications: Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Maine. Certification in relevant specialty preferred.
• Experience: At least 1 year prior RN work experience.
• Basic knowledge of the research base, theory, practices, principles, and processes of professional nursing.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Analytical ability sufficient to identify changes in patients’ conditions and to initiate appropriate action.
• Ability to identify potential crisis situations involving patients and/or families and to initiate appropriate action.
• 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.
  
  

Additional Information

With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.

We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow – programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.

MaineHealth remains focused on investing in our care team and developing an inclusive environment where you can thrive and feel supported to realize your full potential. If you’re looking to build a career in a place where people help one another deliver best-in-class care, apply today.

If you have questions about this role, please contact amanda.oliveira@mainehealth.org