Hospital Nurse II

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Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center

Opening Date:
October 27, 2025

Closing Date:
November 11, 2025

Job Class Code: 4134
Grade: 20

Salary: $35.35 - $44.32 per hour (Salary is inclusive of stipends)

The starting salary is based on education and experience. Starting salary for promotional candidates will follow contractual requirements.

• Additional shift differential $3.00/hour while working 2nd shift hours
• Additional shift differential $4.50/hour while working 3rd shift hours
• Additional weekend differential $2.10/hour while working weekend hours

In addition, the selected candidate may qualify for a $200/month nursing student loan reimbursement.

As the newest Hospital Nurse II, you will oversee and provide psychiatric nursing care at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center (DDPC). Supervision may be exercised over paraprofessional staff or assigned as a unit group leader. You will apply proper nursing principles, practices, and techniques in the care and custody of hospital patients who are emotionally, mentally, and/or physically ill.

These positions require a highly‑motivated individual who can adapt quickly in a fast paced, demanding work situation. You must demonstrate a high level of critical‑thinking skills that allow you to process a large amount of information, discern the overall scope of a situation, and make sound decisions based on the information, experience, and knowledge of systems and your scope of practice.

You must demonstrate good communication skills, exceptional attention to detail, and be able to articulate and employ the Mission, Vision, and Values of DDPC with our staff as well as with community providers.

• Plan and oversee work on the unit including psychiatric nursing care in accordance with nursing practices.
• Administer medications and treatment to ensure patients receive proper medication and treatment in a timely manner.
• Write patient progress reports to maintain patient medical records and document unusual behavior.
• Assess emergency situations and take appropriate action to overcome and resolve patient issues.
• Intervene therapeutically when patient exhibits signs of behavioral escalation to overcome situation.
• Assess patient’s health status, plan care, or make appropriate referrals to ensure patient needs are met.
• Recommend changes to patient treatment plans, if applicable.

A Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or related field – OR – graduation from an accredited school of nursing plus one (1) year of professional nursing experience.

A license as a Registered Nurse as issued by the Maine State Board of Nursing.

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center (DDPC) is a 69‑bed psychiatric hospital serving the entire State of Maine that provides services for people with severe mental illness. As a member of a statewide community of care givers, DDPC collaborates with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, their community and personal supports, to provide recovery‑oriented, respectful, compassionate, and effective psychiatric care and treatment in the least restrictive, safest, and most therapeutic environment we can create.

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is dedicated to promoting health, safety, resilience, and opportunity for Maine people. The Department provides health and social services to approximately a third of the State’s population, including children, families, older Mainers, and individuals with disabilities, mental illness, and substance use disorders. The Department also promotes public health, operates two state psychiatric hospitals, and provides oversight to health care providers.

For additional information about this position please contact Rebecca Bennett at 207‑561‑5431 or email rebecca.bennett.

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