Northern Light Inland Hospital (Waterville, Maine)
Spring 2025 New Grad RN Cohort now accepting applications~ apply today and we will be in touch to discuss what departments you are interested in!
About us: At Northern Light Inland Hospital, our mission is to make healthcare work for you, and that means we are committed to providing you with high-quality care that meets your individual needs. Putting you first is how we approach everything we do.
We are a 48-bed community hospital with primary and specialty care physician offices in Waterville, Oakland, Unity, and Madison, and a 105-bed continuing care center on the Inland campus. Thanks to its close relationship with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Inland patients have seamless access to a higher level of care when needed.
Inland Hospital was founded in 1943 by a group of osteopathic physicians with a vision to provide compassionate care that focused on the whole patient. Today, that patient-centered approach is alive and well here, where staff are dedicated to providing the kind of care we all want for our own families. Patients are treated with respect and dignity, and benefit from an open communication process that delivers an extraordinary experience and the best possible outcome.
Since 1998, Inland Hospital has been part of Northern Light Health, a statewide health delivery system with 12,000+ employees serving Maine. We’re raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. View our mission, vision, values, and promise.
About you:
The Graduate Nurse utilizes the nursing process with supervision/assistance to deliver nursing care to patients in order to achieve quality outcomes. Communicates need for guidance/supervision based on self-assessment of strengths and limitations. Promotes positive image of nursing.
Responsibilities:
Assess patient's condition including physical, psychological, educational, social, spiritual and discharge planning needs. Exercise judgment in setting goals and directing appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals, including consideration for any needed adjustment of care plan and treatments for age/development of patient.
Exercise judgment in providing leadership through planning, directing, coordinating and evaluating nursing care of assigned patients, with accountability if such care is not rendered correctly.
Exercise judgment in assigning treatment duties to C.N.A. and directing such treatments appropriately, with accountability if such treatments are not rendered correctly. Administer direct care to patients using nursing skills and judgment in accordance with hospital policy and procedures.
Document nursing interventions, patient response, effectiveness and complications according to policy and procedure. Communicates information to peers and physicians appropriately and provides concise reports to the RN assuming care. Provides follow through on plan of care.
Promote a professional atmosphere on the unit through interactions with all members of the healthcare team. Collaborates with other disciplines. Establishes and maintains interpersonal relationships with patients, families and visitors while assuring confidentiality of patient information.
Demonstrate the ability to adapt and adjust to changes in unit activity (census fluctuation, change in patient acuity) and/or hospital activity (floating to another unit, rotation off shift).
Contribute to the Performance Improvement of the unit and Patient Care Services Department by performing data collection, monitoring activities and incident investigation when needed. Willingly and actively participate on assigned committee, team or project.
Assess personal learning and skill development needs and seeks educational opportunities. Attends educationals. Reads and initials written communications. Attends 75% of staff meetings.
Is supportive of department and hospital's goals and objectives.
Comply with Hospital Hand Hygiene Standards.
Adhere to Hospital Standards of Behavior.
Education
Required Associate's Degree