Job Description
Overview
Department: Emergency Unit
Schedule: Full-time, Night 12-Hour Shift/Rotating Weekend
Hospital: Central Maine Medical Center
Location: Lewiston, ME
The Clinical Nursing Supervisor (RN) partners closely with department leadership and serves as the acting leader in the absence of the Director or Manager. This role oversees staffing coordination, workflow management, patient care delivery, and staff support during the assigned shift while providing direct patient care as needed.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical and operational oversight for the Emergency Department
- Supervise and support nursing staff during assigned shifts
- Ensure quality patient care, patient safety, and regulatory compliance
- Coordinate staffing, patient flow, workflow, and department operations
- Collaborate with physicians, leadership, and interdisciplinary care teams
- Support orientation, training, and staff development
- Participate in quality improvement and performance initiatives
- Respond to emergency situations and support critical patient care needs
- Perform direct patient care as needed within RN scope of practice
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
1. Current and valid state Registered Nurse license.
2. Bachelor Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
3. Current ACLS certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
4. Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC required 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
5. Previous supervisory experience, preferred.
6. Minimum of one year as a staff nurse in an acute care hospital setting, E.D. setting preferred.
7. Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) certificate within 12 months of hire and Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) within 2 years of hire, preferred.
8. Minimum of 2 years of clinical nursing experience, with 1 year in a supervisory or leadership role preferred.
FACILITY / UNIT TRAINING
1. Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certificate preferred for Intensive Care.
2. In Paramedic Base Station ED, MICN, within 12 months of hire.
3. EDAP Certified Facilities: Completion of emergency pediatric course 1 & 2 within 30 days of hire.
4. Minimum of 4 hours of CEU in Pediatric Training Classes per year ENPC preferred.
5. Non-OB facilities: NRP certificate within 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
6. Non-OB facilities: Advanced or AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring certificate within 30 days upon hire.
7. Professional Certification within 2 years of hire, preferred.
Central Maine Healthcare is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving 400,000 people living in central, western and Midcoastal Maine. CMH's hospital facilities include Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital. CMH also supports Central Maine Medical Group, a primary and specialty care practice organization. Other system services include the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, a regional trauma program, LifeFlight of Maine's southern Maine base, the Central Maine Comprehensive Cancer Center and other high-quality clinical services.
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