Charge Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health, Nights

Job Summary:

Job Description:

Position: RN Charge Nurse
Location: Alfond Center for Health, Augusta
Schedule: Full-time (36 hours/week)
Shift: Nights (7p–7a)

What You’ll Do:

• Supervises and mentors nursing and support staff during assigned shift. Determines staffing level and assignments based on staff availability, staff abilities, census, and patient acuity in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Provides direct patient care as needed. Floats between staff to assist with problem-solving. May take patient assignments to meet staffing needs.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of patient care and identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes. Responds to complaints about patient care and related services, and manages through established channels. Collaborates patient care as needed, across the organization.
• Performs responsibilities of underlying role, including entering orders, performing admissions or discharges, and coordinating transfers. Ensures staff has necessary equipment and supplies to provide safe and effective patient care.

Your Qualifications:

• Active Maine RN license (or ability to obtain promptly) – required
• Minimum of 3 years of acute care RN experience, preferably in inpatient behavioral health – required
• Prior charge nurse or leadership experience – preferred
• Strong leadership, communication, and critical-thinking skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and make sound clinical decisions in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment

Why Join MaineGeneral?

• Competitive Pay and Shift Differentials: Earn up to an additional $7/hr. for select shifts.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health, dental, vision, and wellness programs
• Work-Life Balance: Earned time off, paid parental leave, and more
• Financial Security: 403(b) retirement plan with up to 4% company match
• Career Growth: Professional development and advancement opportunities
• Student Loan Assistance: Potential reimbursement to help you thrive

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Scheduled Work Shift:

Job Exempt:

Benefits

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

• We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.

• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.

• A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.

• Loan Reimbursement is available for this position dependent upon current degree level.  Please discuss benefit with the recruiter.

• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.

• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.

• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.

• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility:
Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource they are how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability  Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .