Inpatient Nurse Director (Portland) & Inpatient Nurse Manager (Rockport)
MaineHealth
Application
Details
Posted: 28-May-26
Location: Portland & Rockland, Maine
Type: Full Time
Categories:
General Nursing
Registered Nurse
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Required Education:
RN
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
Internal Number: 76791 & 78791
MaineHealth is seeking Psychiatric Nurse Leadership to join our care teams in Portland and Rockport, Maine!
We're hiring:
Nurse Director - Inpatient Medical Psychiatric Unit in Portland
Nurse Manager - Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit in Rockport
Both positions are eligible for relocation assistance!
If you have questions about either role, please contact tabor.badger@mainehealth.org
Additional Information:
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.
We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow – programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.
MaineHealth remains focused on investing in our care team and developing an inclusive environment where you can thrive and feel supported to realize your full potential. If you’re looking to build a career in a place where people help one another deliver best-in-class care, apply today.
Director Role:
Education: Requires Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Master's preferred.
License/Certifications: Requires current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maine.
Experience: Requires clinical expertise in direct patient care as normally acquired through approximately five years experience as a staff nurse and/or nurse manager. Requires interpersonal and management skills and knowledge of employee relation laws as normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, in order to deal with complex management problems and communicate with unit personnel, physicians, administrative personnel, a variety of other hospital personnel, and community persons.
Requires a high level of critical thinking and analytical skills to make management decisions at unit level and make recommendations for consideration on departmental issues.
Requires the ability to integrate the knowledge of teaching principles and counseling techniques in order to direct the growth of the unit staff.
Requires a high level of organization skills, effective time management and delegation strategies that include the ability to rapidly prioritize and adjust work flow according to changing unit needs.
Manager role:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or a graduate of an accredited Nursing program required. RNC preferred.
License/Certifications: Licensed as a registered professional nurse by the Maine State Board of Nursing required.
Experience: 2+ years of psychiatric nursing or comparable experience preferred.
Demonstrate leadership and management skills.
Demonstrate expertise in clinical practice and judgment.
MaineHealth is a not-for-profit, integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America,” and is committed to a mission of providing high-quality affordable care, educating tomorrow's caregivers and researching better ways to provide care. MaineHealth includes a Level 1 trauma medical center, eight additional licensed hospitals, comprehensive pediatric care services, an extensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services as well as home health, hospice and senior care services. With more than 2,000 employed providers and approximately 24,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.
The Leapfrog Group has recognized several of MaineHealth’s community hospitals as Top Rural Hospitals and consistently awarded strong Hospital Safety Grades to its larger hospitals, contributing to Leapfrog’s naming Maine as the Leapfrog Top State of the Decade for Patient Safety. The Maine hospitals are all Breathe Easy Gold Star Standard of Excellence recipients at the Platinum level. The quality of MaineHealth’s care is also reflected in accreditations from the Joint Commission and recognitions in Becker’s Healthcare.
