Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner- Integrated - Outpatient

Description

MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH) MidCoast in Brunswick, Bath, and Topsham,is seeking anEXPERIENCEDpart-time (one day per week per location) IntegratedPsychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), in the Primary Care Outpatient Practices .This is a benefit eligible position, with an opportunity to work and learn at a variety of clinics. Under the direction of a physician and / or Medical Director, this NP's responsibilities include co-management of caseloads with the patients' primary clinician.

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Complete diagnostic evaluation and health screening.
• Prescribe medical treatment within scope of practice.
• Provide on-going medication assessment, education, and management.
• Provide therapeutic treatment in face-to-face and tele-psychiatric evaluations.
• Develop and record a plan for effective and timely treatment for patients in a community-based setting.
• Respond to medical emergencies and determine need for transfer to accepting facility in collaboration with psychiatric care when needed.
• Complete medical records timely per policy.

Qualifications, Experience, & Education / Training :

This position offers :

About The MidCoast :

There are few places on the East Coast where you can hike a mountain and, with a turn of your head, shift your eyes from terra firma to a sparkling sea and enchanted islands below. Welcome, friends, to MidCoast and Islands, Maine. If you fall in love at first sight with this coastal Maine region, you'll be in some famous company. Including the greatest painters in the history of American art.

About Us :

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, "Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America." MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. MaineHealth offers a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive and competitive benefits, along with programs and resources to meet the diverse needs of our workforce.

MHBH, a MaineHealth member, is Northern New England's leading integrated behavioral healthcare system, serving predominantly southern, western, central, and Mid-Coast Maine. It is composed of southern Maine's only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, eight multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, crisis services, crisis stabilization units, partial hospital, and intensive outpatient treatment, as well as four ACT teams. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues.

To learn more about our system please visit www.mainehealth.org and our benefits page.

For more information, please contact Dave Somers, Physician and APP Recruiter atdavid.somers@mainehealth.org