Clinical Nurse (RN) - Prenatal Center/High Risk Ante Partum and Postpartum Inpatient Unit

Description

Maine Medical Center

Nursing

Req #: 79018

This is a bargaining unit position.

Job Posting Date: 5/18/2026

2 Positions available

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

More than 3,300 babies are born each year at Maine Medical Center. In the Prenatal Center we care for high risk ante partum and high risk postpartum women in our 12 bed unit.We accept high risk pregnancy transfers from both Maine and New Hampshire.This unit is the only stand alone high risk ante partum and postpartum unit in the state of Maine. We are a growing department that supports and works closely with the Labor and Delivery and Mother/Baby team.Maine Medical Center has a clinical nurse advancement pathway, with a strong history of RN growth in this department. This is a great opportunity for nurses who are seeking professional growth, research, and leadership development. This is a highly motivated team with the expectation of specialty certification two years after hire.

Position 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. 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. Prior perinatal care experience strongly preferred.
• 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.
  
  

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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 michelle.lefebvre@mainehealth.org