Registered Nurse (RN) - Cumberland County, Home Care

Description

Home Health and Hospice

Nursing

Req #: 86521

Are you a compassionate Registered Nurse who enjoys caring for patients where they are most comfortable—at home
? Join Maine Health Care at Home as a full-time, 32-hour salaried Registered Nurse serving Cumberland County and become part of a dedicated team delivering exceptional home health care that helps patients recover, regain independence, and live safely in their own homes.

As a Home Care RN, you'll provide comprehensive, patient-centered nursing care to individuals recovering from illness, injury, surgery, or managing chronic medical conditions. You'll perform skilled assessments, develop individualized plans of care, provide hands‑on clinical care, educate patients and caregivers, coordinate services with physicians and the interdisciplinary team, and help patients achieve their personal health goals in the comfort of their own homes.

This role offers the unique opportunity to build meaningful relationships with patients and families while practicing with a high level of autonomy. You'll manage a diverse caseload, perform skilled nursing visits, monitor patient progress, provide medication and disease management education, coordinate community resources, and serve as a trusted advocate throughout each patient's healthcare journey. Every home visit allows you to make a direct and lasting impact on your patients' quality of life.

As a full-time, 32-hour salaried Registered Nurse
, you'll enjoy the flexibility and independence that comes with caring for patients in the community while benefiting from the support of an experienced interdisciplinary team. Your day begins from home as you travel directly to your patients, allowing you to focus on providing personalized care rather than spending your time in a traditional clinical setting. As part of Maine Health, you'll have access to ongoing professional development, advanced clinical resources, and one of northern New England's most respected healthcare systems.

Serving patients throughout Cumberland County
, you'll enjoy caring for individuals across vibrant coastal communities, historic neighborhoods, and rural settings while experiencing the variety and independence that make home health nursing such a rewarding career.

The Home Care RN supports Maine Health Care at Home's (MHCAH) 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 MHCAH and the Maine State Board of Nursing, the Home Care RN provides highly reliable, evidenced based, patient-family centered quality care through 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 outpatient, and/or community basis.

• Education:
  
  Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. A Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is preferred.
• License/
  
  Certifications:
  
  Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Maine. Current certification in Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers. Current, valid driver’s license to operate a motor vehicle, with vehicle available for work covered by liability insurance as specified by agency policy.
• Experience:
  
  N/A
• 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 health care team members.
• Analytical ability sufficient to identify changes in patients' conditions and to initiate appropriate action.

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