Job Description

Gray Birch, a MaineGeneral Health Long Term Care facility, is seeking an experienced nurse leader to serve as our Director of Nursing (DON). In this role, you will provide strategic and clinical leadership for nursing services, ensuring residents receive safe, high-quality, person-centered care in a supportive and compassionate environment.
Reporting to the Administrator, the Director of Nursing serves as a key member of the leadership team and plays a critical role in shaping clinical practice, developing nursing talent, strengthening team engagement, and advancing quality outcomes. This is an opportunity for a leader who is energized by building strong teams, fostering accountability, and driving continuous improvement in partnership with residents, families, and staff.
At Gray Birch, you'll have the opportunity to influence the future of nursing services while helping create an environment where residents receive exceptional care and team members can thrive professionally.

What You'll Do

• Provide leadership and oversight for all nursing services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality resident care that aligns with organizational standards and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and implement departmental goals, plans, and performance expectations that support the mission, vision, and strategic priorities of MaineGeneral Health.
• Lead, mentor, and develop nursing leaders and staff, fostering a culture of engagement, accountability, professional growth, and resident-centered care.
• Direct and evaluate departmental operations, including resident care delivery, quality management, service recovery, and complaint resolution.
• Oversee staffing operations, including workforce planning, recruitment, retention, orientation, performance management, and continuing education initiatives.
• Monitor clinical quality indicators and regulatory metrics, partnering with leaders and staff to identify opportunities for improvement and implement corrective action plans when needed.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and organizational regulations, policies, and standards, including survey readiness and response activities.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to support exceptional resident experiences, positive clinical outcomes, and effective care coordination.
• Prepare, monitor, and manage departmental budgets, ensuring responsible stewardship of resources while supporting operational and clinical excellence.
• Utilize data, quality measures, and operational reports to drive decision-making, improve performance, and support organizational goals.

What You'll Bring

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license, or eligibility for licensure, in the State of Maine.
• Progressive nursing leadership experience, preferably in Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing, Post-Acute Care, or a related healthcare setting.
• Demonstrated success leading teams through change, growth, or performance improvement initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state Long-Term Care regulations, survey processes, and resident care standards.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams through coaching, accountability, staff development, and relationship building.
• Experience improving quality outcomes, workforce stability, employee engagement, and resident satisfaction preferred.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills with the ability to effectively engage staff, residents, families, physicians, and organizational leaders.
• Experience managing budgets, staffing, and operational performance preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field preferred.

Why MaineGeneral

At MaineGeneral Health, we are committed to providing exceptional care and creating a workplace where team members can grow, thrive, and make a difference. As Director of Nursing at Gray Birch, you'll have the opportunity to lead a dedicated nursing team, influence the future of resident care, and contribute to an organization committed to improving the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and the support of a collaborative leadership team.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Scheduled Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Job Exempt:

Yes

Benefits

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

• We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.

• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.

• A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.

• Loan Reimbursement is available for this position dependent upon current degree level. Please discuss benefit with the recruiter.

• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.

• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.

• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.

• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility:
Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource they are how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .