Clinical Nurse; RN - Emergency Department

Overview

Clinical Nurse (RN) – Emergency Department

Location:

Portland, ME

Facility:
Maine Medical Center

Schedule:

Full Time

Shift: Day

Job Category:
Nursing

Req #: 54789

Date Posted:
Jan 30, 2026

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

This is a bargaining unit position

7 Positions Available

Job Posting Date: 10/31/2025

FT/Days

Unit Bio:

Welcome to the Emergency Department at Maine Medical Center in Portland – Maine’s only Level I Trauma Center that also serves as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, Cardiac Center, and home to a dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department. As the largest and most advanced ED in the state, we are proud to be at the forefront of emergency care, delivering expert, compassionate treatment to patients across the region.

Our department thrives on teamwork, resilience, and a deep commitment to clinical excellence. We manage a high-acuity, high-volume environment with a strong focus on collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation. Our staff includes emergency physicians, nurses, residents, mid-level providers, and specialists who are not only skilled professionals but also passionate advocates for our patients and each other.

What truly sets our team apart is our positive and inclusive culture. We’re a fun, energetic group that values humor, camaraderie, and mutual support—even on the busiest and hardest of shifts. Our leadership team is hands-on, accessible, and deeply committed to the growth and well-being of every team member. Whether you’re just starting out in emergency medicine or bringing years of experience, you’ll find a welcoming environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally.

Join us and be part of something bigger—where your skills make an impact, and your teammates have your back.

The Clinical Nurse supports Maine Medical Center's mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the behaviors of excellence, competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, patient- and family-centered care, commitment to the community, and accountability. In accordance with national nursing practice standards and Maine Medical Center policies and the Maine State Board of Nursing, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation of nursing care.

Care delivery and coordination begin with the initial contact with the health care system and may continue across the continuum, in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, or community settings.

• Provide nursing care according to assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation.
• Coordinate patient and family care from initial contact through the continuum of care.
• Deliver care in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, and/or community settings as applicable.

• Education:
  
  BSN preferred. Evidence of 10 hours of ongoing education per year.
• License/
  
  Certifications:
  
  Current Maine RN license. Certification in relevant specialty preferred.
• Experience:
  
  At least 1 year of RN experience. Meets all requirements of Clinical Nurse I. Level I usually achieved by 12 months. ED experience strongly preferred; critical care, pediatrics, or behavioral health experience preferred.
• Basic knowledge of nursing research base, theory, practices, principles, and processes.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Analytical ability to identify changes in patients’ conditions and initiate appropriate action.
• Ability to identify potential crisis situations involving patients and/or families and initiate appropriate action.
• Demonstrates caring nursing practice and promotes a healing environment for patients and families.
• Demonstrates knowledge and technical skills to care for most patient populations on the unit.

With a career at Maine Health locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you’ll be working with health care professionals who value the people around them and the communities they serve. We offer benefits that support today’s needs and flexibility for tomorrow, including paid parental leave, flexible work policies, student loan assistance, training and education, and well-being resources for you and your family.

Maine Health remains focused on investing in our care team and fostering an inclusive environment where you can thrive. If you’re looking to build a career in a place where people help one another deliver best-in-class care, apply today.

Note:

Maine Health policy requires all care team members to be vaccinated, including for influenza, subject to eligibility for exemptions allowed by law.

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