What are the responsibilities and job description for the Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN) - Thayer Internal Medicine position at MaineGeneral Health?
Job Summary:
MaineGenaral Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Thayer Internal Medicine office. This role is vital in providing comprehensive patient care, chronic disease management, and clinical support in a fast-paced outpatient setting. The ideal candidate will have strong assessment, triage, and patient education skills to enhance patient outcomes and care coordination.
Job Description:
The Role: Registered Nurse (RN) – Thayer Internal Medicine
Provides direct patient care and administrative assistance in the setting of a physician practice/medical office in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice and with the policies, values, and mission of the organization.
Position Highlights:
- This position is a 32 hour-per-week position M-F
- The office is open 8 am-4:30 pm
- Fast-paced position in a growing office with a focus on phone triage
- Flexible schedule
The Work:
- 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.
- Evaluate the learning needs of the patient and/or family and provide patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
- Triage calls from patients/caregivers requesting assistance. Provides advice, referrals, and patient education. For symptomatic patients, determine the necessity and type of care needed and advise the caller regarding appropriate care.
- Performs administrative duties to coordinate patient care, including data collection, telephone triage, scheduling tests/procedures and appointments, calling in prescriptions, patient education, suture removal, blood draws, determining insurance coverage, and billing and receiving payments.
You Have:
- Active Maine RN licensure or ability to obtain same in a timely fashion
- 1 year of RN experience preferred
- Previous practice experience, helpful
- Strong assessment skills, especially over the phone
- Excellent teamwork, communication, and collaboration skills
- Proven and demonstrated critical thinking skills
- Ability to react calmly, objectively, and effectively in emergencies
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
32
Scheduled Work Shift:
Day (United States of America)
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:
- An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
- 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.
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 .
