Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner- Integrated - Outpatient

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
- Integrated - Outpatient

Location:

Brunswick, ME
Facility:
Maine Health Behavioral Health

Schedule:

Part Time
Job Category:
Advanced Practice Provider
Req #: 15080
Date Posted:
Nov 15, 2025

Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH) Mid Coast in Bath and Topsham, is seeking an EXPERIENCED part‑time (one day per week per location) Integrated Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), in the Primary Care Outpatient Practices. Under the direction of a physician and/or Medical Director, this NP’s responsibilities include co‑management of caseloads with the patients’ primary clinician.

• 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.

• Master’s degree as Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
• Two years’ experience as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) minimum (Required)
• Valid license as a Nurse Practitioner by the Maine State Board of Nursing and qualified to do psychiatric evaluations and medication management.
• Must meet specific credentialing criteria needed if working in the hospital as defined by Medical Staff By‑Laws.
• Advanced skill and knowledge in conducting psychiatric evaluations and treating psychiatric patients.

• Competitive compensation package including sign‑on bonus and relocation assistance to qualified candidates, CME expense reimbursement, and malpractice insurance.
• Benefits include Paid Time Off, CME time, retirement options with employer contributions, medical, dental, vision, life/disability coverage, and more.

Mid coastal, Maine :
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 Mid Coast 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.

Maine Health is a not‑for‑profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” Maine Health 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 Maine Health Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, Maine Health provides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

MHBH, a Maine Health 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.

For more information, please contact Donna Lafean, Physician and APP Recruiter at [email protected].

Maine Health policy requires all care team members to be vaccinated, including for influenza, subject to eligibility for medical or religious exemptions which can only be granted in compliance with applicable law.

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