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MaineGeneral Health Gastroenterology Registered Nurse (RN) - per diem, Augusta in Augusta, Maine
Job Description Summary: MaineGeneral Health is seeking a skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Gastroenterology practice at Alfond Center for Health in Augusta. The ideal candidate will provide specialized care for patients with digestive system disorders, assist with procedures, and ensure comprehensive patient education and support.
Job Description:
The Role: Registered Nurse - Gastroenterology
- A highly dynamic position where you will coordinate & provide patient care including phone triage, sharing results with patients, capsule endoscopies, reviewing referrals to determine procedure sedation, and obtaining appropriate cardiac/anticoagulation clearances.
Position Highlights:
This position is per diem, with a Monday through Friday schedule. No weekends, no evenings, no holidays, no on-call!
Perfect for a nurse with strong clinical decision-making skills
What You'll Do:
Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
Evaluates the learning needs of the patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
Takes calls from patients/caregivers requesting assistance. Provides advice, referrals, and patient education. For symptomatic patients, determines the necessity and type of care needed and advises caller regarding appropriate care.
Performs administrative duties to coordinate patient care, including data collection, answering phones, scheduling tests/procedures and appointments, calling in prescriptions, determining insurance coverage, and billing and receiving payments.
The ideal candidate will have:
Active Maine RN licensure or ability to obtain same in a timely fashion, required
At least 1 year of RN experience, is strongly preferred
Excellent teamwork, communication, and collaboration skills
Ability to work independently, effectively manage time and multiple priorities
Proven and demonstrated critical thinking skills
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0
Work Shift:
Job Exempt: No
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 wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle.
Emotional Wellness:
When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
Financial Wellness:
An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
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.
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’re 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 .
Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability: In furtherance of MaineGeneral's policy regarding Equal Employment Opportunity, MaineGeneral has developed a written Affirmative Action Program which sets forth the policies, practices and procedures that MaineGeneral is committed to in order to ensure that its policy of nondiscrimination and affirmative action is accomplished.
The Affirmative Action Plan for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities is available for inspection by any employee or candidate for employment upon request, during normal business hours, in the Human Resources Department. Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 . EEO is Law (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)