Hospital Nurse III

Job Opening

Opening Date:
October 29, 2025

Closing Date:
November 14, 2025

Job Class Code: 4135
Grade: 22
Salary: $37.38 - $47.10/hr. (Salary is inclusive of stipends)

6:45p – 7:15a & 10:45p – 7:15a (Rotating schedule)

-OR
- Friday – Monday 6:45p - 7:15a & 10:45p – 7:15a

-OR
- Friday – Monday 8:45p - 7:15a

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 DDPC’s newest Hospital Nurse III, you will supervise and 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 allows 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.

Supervision will be exercised over a staff of professional and paraprofessional personnel. Work is performed under limited supervision.

• Planning, developing, and implementing treatment plans for patients upon identification of problems in order to establish individualized treatment goals; and provide treatment to meet those goals.
• Instructing direct care staff in nursing procedures and techniques in order to ensure knowledgeable and effective personnel are delivering safe and therapeutic care to patients.
• Administering and monitoring effects of medications for hospitalized patients.
• Providing coverage for Nurse Supervisor’s office when assigned

A Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or related field and two (2) years of professional nursing experience
-OR- graduation from an accredited school of nursing and three (3) years of professional nursing experience. Experience must include one (1) year overseeing and providing medical and/or psychiatric nursing care in a hospital facility.

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. 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.

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 Jennifer Iverson at  or email rebecca.bennett. To apply, please upload a resume and cover letter. To request a paper application, please contact Theresa Peppard at theresa.m.peppard.

No matter where you work across Maine state government, you will find employees who embody our state motto—"Dirigo" or "I lead"—as they provide essential services to Mainers every day. We offer a valuable total compensation package, including:

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