Details
Posted: 06-Jul-22
Location: Kennebunk, Maine
Type: Full Time
Required Education: Masters
Categories:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses / Physician Assistants
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Preferred Education:
Masters
Kennebunk, Maine
If you’re a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with a passion for helping children, we want to speak with you!
Great things happen for providers like you who seek to put patients first. They find themselves at MaineHealth, Maine’s largest integrated health system. Join us and you will also find supportive, collaborative colleagues; strong patient/provider relationships; and comprehensive resources and advanced technologies, including fully integrated Epic EMR. Plus, you will experience the exceptional and rewarding lifestyle only Maine can offer.
Maine Behavioral Healthcare, a member of MaineHealth, seeks a full time psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join our integrated team with Southern Maine Health Care in Kennebunk, Maine. The PMHNP will join the Pediatrics team to provide psychiatric consultation and care to help shape services for a multi-disciplinary outpatient clinic. Educating the care team on psychiatric approaches to behavioral health conditions is an exciting part of the role. The ideal candidate will have a passion for treating children of all ages and youth adults with behavioral health disorders.
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
- Education: Master’s degree with an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and practice, and additional medical training.
- License/Certification: Current and valid license as a Nurse Practitioner by the Maine State Board of Nursing and qualified to do psychiatric evaluations and medication management. Specific credentialing criteria needed if working in the hospital as defined by Medical Staff By-Laws.
- Experience: 2+ year of patient care in a community mental health center or hospital is preferred.
- Advanced skill and knowledge in conducting psychiatric evaluations and treating patients
TEAM MEMBERS ENJOY
- A collaborative, innovative, and passionate team
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Connection to the Behavioral Health Integration team
- Quarterly trainings in integration topics
- Individual supervision with an experienced provider and group supervision with other Maine Behavioral Healthcare providers within the Southern Maine Health Care region
LOCATION
Kennebunk, Maine, located in the heart of the Souther Maine coastline, is home to scenic beach communities, world-class restaurants, and a warm community environment. Portland is only a 35 minute drive north, while Boston is 1.5 hours south. The Kennebunk area is a desirable place to live and work for those who enjoy proximity to city life as well as the great outdoors and ocean life.
To apply for or learn more about this position, please send your CV and inquiry to Dillon Reno at dreno@mainehealth.org or call 207-661-4790.
Check out our video at the link below to learn more about Maine Behavioral Healthcare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m3q2441hZA&t=10s
Additional Information
MaineHealth was ranked a Best-In-State Employer in 2021 and one of America’s Best Large Employers in 2022 by Forbes!
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. Learn more about our system at mainehealth.org
At MaineHealth, we offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow. Our packages include health and dental insurances, paid parental leave, retirement program, generous paid time off, and much more! Our comprehensive array of benefits are competitive, affordable, and include choices that meet specific, but ever changing, needs.
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the neighborhoods that surround it. We are deeply invested in the well-being of our communities and care team members. We believe in fostering a work environment of strong commitment, compassionate caring and continuous improvement. Join us, and your abilities will be challenged and enhanced as you take your career to a new level.
