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Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Direct Hire Vacancy Announcement

Hospital Nurse II



CODE:  4134          RANGE:  20 (Pro/Tech)		$18.20 - $23.68/hr.*

*An additional .60/hr direct care & $3.00/hr stipend is also paid.
Value of State-paid Health and Dental Insurance: $341.08 biweekly (base salary between $30,000-$79,999)
Value of State's share of employee's retirement: 11.54% of pay.

Opening Date: January 28, 2013

Contact:  Cheryl Burns
     

Closing Date: Until filled

Telephone:
 207-624-4672
 
Location: Riverview Psychiatric Center

Agency Information

The Department of Health and Human Services provides supportive, preventive, protective, public health and intervention services that protects the public health and assists our customers in meeting their needs; and that assist families in providing for the developmental, health and safety needs of their children. DHHS strives to provide these programs and services while respecting the rights and preferences of individuals and families.

Riverview Psychiatric Center provides state of the art care to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. Riverview, in collaboration with the community, is a center for the best practices, treatment, education and research, for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. We respect all clients, patients come first, and we are caring and compassionate. These positions are located at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta on second shift (2:45pm-11:15pm) and third shift (10:45pm-7:15am). Must have the ability to work overtime.


Job Duties

Riverview Psychiatric Center is seeking Hospital Nurse II's to provide professional nursing work involving the care and treatment of clients who are mentally, emotionally or physically ill. Responsibilities include overseeing and providing medical and/or psychiatric nursing care in a hospital facility. Supervision may be exercised over hospital paraprofessional personnel and/or other assigned personnel as a group leader. Work is performed under limited supervision.

Requirements

A Bachelors Degree in Nursing or related field -OR- graduation from an accredited school of nursing plus one (1) year of professional nursing experience.

Licensing Requirement: A license as a Registered Nurse as issued by the Maine State Board of Nursing.


Application and Information

To apply, please forward a State of Maine Direct Hire application form postmarked on or before the recruitment closing date to:

Cheryl Burns, Personnel Assistant
Riverview Psychiatric Center
11 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04332

The Direct Hire application form is located at: http://www.maine.gov/bhr/statejobs/howto/direct.htm


The Department of Health and Human Services is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.