At Central Maine Healthcare, we focus on providing care to the whole patient, not just treating a problem. Our vision is to employ a team of passionate, professional nurses who provide high-quality, holistic care that matters to our patients.
When you join the CMH nursing team, you are joining a team of highly skilled and experienced nurses dedicated to working alongside providers and patients to deliver holistic, quality care. Our relationship with Maine College of Health Professions gives our team members access to a regionally accredited college to further their education, while our student loan repayment program helps ease the financial burden of pursuing education. And, with positions as CNAs, LPNs, RNs and beyond, career growth and advancement are almost guaranteed.
We don’t just want you to grow in your career. We want you to grow as a person. That is why we work hard to help our nurses maintain a healthy work-life balance by offering flexible scheduling, excellent health insurance, health savings accounts, 401(k) options, YMCA memberships and more.
Above all, we foster a sense of community among our nurses. We strive for a work culture of compassion and understanding. Our tobacco-free facility encourages the health of our patients and providers. And similarly to how we care for our patients, we believe in investing in a whole person — their health, their career path and their spirit.
Join our Nursing Team
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Here’s What Our Nurses Have to Say:
“It really excites me to work at Central Maine Healthcare because I can stay within my community [and] have a professional career here that continues to allow me to grow.” — Jen Wells, RN, MSN
“I’ve always felt valued working here at Central Maine Healthcare. I felt supported throughout my professional growth and development to continue providing patients and families with optimal care.” — Elizabeth Turcotte, MSN, RN-BC, ONC
I am interested in joining the team. View a list of current job openings or contact our human resources department at 207-795-2392 or recruitment@cmhc.org.
Nursing Loan Repayment Program
Central Maine Healthcare is committed to helping our nurse team members advance their careers. For nurses with a two-year degree who wish to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, we offer loan repayment to help defray the high cost of a furthering their education.
How the Program Works
CMH’s loan assistance program begins once a nurse completes his or her degree. While nurses continue to make the required payments on their own student loans, CMH also makes payments, allowing nurses to chip away debt more quickly. Assistance payments increase over a period of three to five years.
Our goal is to help nurses achieve a higher level of education while comfortably being able to pay down student loan debt — a situation that benefits nurses, the health system and our patients.
Benefits for Nurses — and Community Health Care
Hospitals and healthcare systems across the country — including CMH — need nurses who are dedicated to quality health care and learning as much as they can to help patients. We want to enable nurses to increase their knowledge base and provide the best care possible, all while knowing that student loan debt will not prevent them from achieving their goals.
Becoming a registered nurse can cost as much as $104,000 for a BSN. Advanced degrees and accelerated programs can add to the cost. If you are interested in furthering your nursing career, consider joining the team at CMH and learn how we can assist you.
Want to learn more? Call Human Resources at 207-795-2392.
Nursing Specialties
Our Workplace: Fostering Teamwork and Growth
If nursing is your passion, Central Maine Healthcare offers plenty of opportunities to nurture it. Our nurses care for patients in a variety of venues from western Maine to the coast. They serve in hospital departments or units and physician practices in a variety of medical specialties.
We are proud to offer many unique settings in which our nurses can pursue their calling, but we’re even prouder of what binds this remarkable group of professionals together: a sense of community. Every nurse at Central Maine Healthcare is connected to his or her colleagues as part of a team, and that team is often the face of health care for the people we serve. No matter where our nurses work or what patient population they serve, they can rely on their teammates to support, encourage and coach them — in short, our team helps all nurses reach their potential. That benefits everyone.
Opportunities for Specialization
These are just a few of the specialties in which you can grow your nursing career at Central Maine Healthcare:
- Cardiac care. Cardiac care nurses help patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure and other cardiac conditions manage medications, recover from surgery or monitor ongoing disease.
- Gastroenterology. Gastroenterology nurses help care for patients with digestive disorders by assisting with certain treatments and providing follow-up care and education about preventing symptom flare-ups or recovering from procedures.
- Neonatal. Neonatal nurses care for new mothers and babies, including those born prematurely who need round-the-clock care in a neonatal intensive or intermediate care unit.
- Oncology. Oncology nurses help administer chemotherapy and other forms of treatment for cancer, and they provide education about mitigating side effects and staying healthy during treatment.
- Orthopaedics. Orthopaedic nurses assist in the treatment and follow-up care of individuals with musculoskeletal injuries and conditions, and they provide valuable education about symptom relief and injury prevention.
- Pediatrics. Do you enjoy working with children and teenagers? Pediatric nurses help provide well and sick care for young patients.
- Trauma. Trauma nurses work in a fast-paced hospital environment caring for patients with life-threatening injuries.
- Wound care. Wound care nurses help care for patients with chronic or hard-to-heal wounds by performing certain treatments, such as debridement, monitoring wound healing and providing education about home care.