Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- Inpatient

Description

Spring Harbor Hospital has an opening for aPsychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner(PMHNP) orPsychiatric Physician Assistant(PPA) to provide psychiatric and medical care for hospitalized adults, adolescents, and children. The position is a unique schedule, working 7 days on, and 7 days off. The hours are 8am-4:30pm Sunday through Friday, and a 24-hour shift on Saturdays. There is 24-hour support available from the Medical Director.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Master's degree with an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and practice, and additional medical training.

• 1+ years of patient care in a community mental health center or hospital.

• Advanced skill and knowledge in conducting psychiatric evaluations and treating patients.

• Current and valid license as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant by the Maine State Board of Licensure 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.

Additional Information:

MaineHealthis a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, "Working togethersoour 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,MaineHealthprovides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

MHBH MaineHealth Behavioral Health, 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 visitwww.mainehealth.organd our benefits page.

Please contact Physician & APP Recruiter: Dave Somers atdavid.somers@mainehealth.org