Description
Status Hours:
36 hours/week
7a-7p
Registered Nurse – Acute Care Unit
Cary Medical Center has an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our Acute Care Unit.
In this role, you’ll provide patient-centered care by recognizing individual needs related to age, culture, and learning styles. You will support both organizational and unit standards while fostering a collaborative and cooperative environment with a strong focus on customer service.
At Cary, we take pride in our workplace culture — so much so that our employees have voted us one of the Best Places to Work in Maine for five consecutive years, including 2025. Here, you’ll be part of a supportive team where your skills and contributions truly make a difference.
Duties Include but are not limited to:
- Completes admission assessment and recognizes actual and potential health problems.
- Completes admission assessment within 8 hours of admission (provisions made/documented i.e., Functional/Cognitive Status).
- Completes nursing assessment on assigned patients promptly and adequately, within an hour, to ensure patient safety and continuity of care.
- Performs medication list verification upon admission along with review of allergies.
- Continuously assesses patient response to illness intervention and use of critical thinking to problem solve. Documents completely and accurately.
- Effectively utilizes telemetry and camera systems.
Requirements
- Must have an active valid Maine RN license.
- Meets the unit’s annual competency training requirements.
- Obtains BLS certification within 3 months and maintain certification thereafter.
- Complete Basic Cardiac Course within one year of hire to department.
Schedule:
- Schedule is determined by the manager based on unit needs.
- With consideration to our patients’ and staff needs, you may need to work on days, evenings, nights, weekends and/or holidays and may need to float to other units.
Contact:
- To view the full job description or request additional information, please contact Kelly at 207-498-1311 or email klandeen@carymed.org.
- We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, retirement, and paid time off. To view the complete benefits package, click here: Cary Medical Center Benefit Information .
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