Registered Nurse - Skilled Nursing | NEW GRADS WELCOME

Job Summary:

MaineGeneral is actively seeking New Graduate Registered Nurses (RNs) to join our skilled nursing team at Gray Birch. This is a great opportunity to launch your nursing career in a supportive, team-first environment where you’ll gain hands-on experience, build confidence, and develop a strong clinical foundation while caring for patients with diverse and complex needs. At Gray Birch, we focus on helping new grads grow into capable, independent nurses while making a meaningful impact every day.

Job Description:

Registered Nurse (RN) – New Grad Friendly | Skilled Nursing

Location: Gray Birch, Augusta
Schedule: Full-time (36 hours/week)
Shift: Day and Night shifts available

**An early acceptance incentive of $4000 awaits qualified new graduate Registered Nurse candidates**

• Candidates are encouraged to apply at least 6 weeks before their graduation date; however, some exceptions may be made based on program needs and timing.
• Offer letters should be signed within 1 week of receipt.
• The incentive is paid in full in your first paycheck as a Registered Nurse.

What is a Skilled Nursing Unit?

A skilled nursing unit in long-term care is a fast-paced, clinical environment where patients receive short-term rehabilitation or ongoing medical care after a hospital stay. Patients often have complex needs such as wound care, IV therapy, post-surgical recovery, or management of chronic conditions.

This setting allows you to spend more time with your patients, build meaningful relationships, and see their progress over time—all while developing strong clinical and critical-thinking 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.
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Effectively delegates patient care to ancillary personnel. May precept student nurses and new hires. May perform assigned supervisory responsibilities as needed.

Skills You’ll Gain

• Strong head-to-toe assessment and clinical decision-making skills
• Experience managing central lines, including PICC lines, and administering IV antibiotics (IV ABX)
• Hands-on experience with a variety of wounds, including advanced treatments such as wound vacs
• Competency with G-tubes and J-tubes, including care and medication administration
• Ability to interpret and respond to lab values to guide patient care
• Expanded medication knowledge across a diverse patient population
• Collaboration with providers and rehabilitation teams to coordinate comprehensive care plans
• Time management and prioritization in a fast-paced, clinically complex environment
• Leadership and delegation skills early in your nursing career

Why This Role is Great for New Grads

• Structured onboarding to support your transition from student to practicing RN
• A team-oriented environment where mentorship and questions are encouraged
• Opportunity to develop strong assessment, time management, and critical thinking skills
• Exposure to a wide range of patient conditions to accelerate your growth and confidence

What You Bring

• Active State of Maine RN license (or ability to obtain)
• Strong communication skills and a willingness to learn
• Team-oriented mindset and adaptability
• New graduates encouraged to apply!

Why Choose MaineGeneral

• Shift Differentials: Earn up to an additional $7/hr for select shifts
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health, dental, vision, and wellness programs
• Work-Life Balance: Generous earned time off and paid parental leave
• Retirement: 403(b) with up to 4% employer match
• Career Growth: Professional development and advancement opportunities
• Student Loan Assistance: Financial support to help you get ahead

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

Scheduled 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 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 .