Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner; PMHNP – MHBH Comprehensive Addiction Psychiatry

Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH) Comprehensive Addiction Psychiatry Services – Damariscotta (formerly known as Addiction Resource Center, a department of Maine Health Mid Coast Hospital)
is seeking anEXPERIENCEDpart-time Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).

Join a small, close-knit team that truly values patient-centered care, collaboration, and innovation. This limited part-time opportunity offers a welcoming, supportive environment where flexibility and compassion are at the heart of everything we do.

Our patients choose us for our warm, family-like atmosphere—a place where they feel respected, cared for, and at home while receiving nationally recognized, high-quality, and confidential treatment for substance use disorders. As a member of our team, you’ll play a meaningful role in transforming lives while working alongside dedicated professionals who share a commitment to excellence and empathy.

This position also offers the unique opportunity to be combined with another Maine Health Behavioral Health role for providers seeking additional hours while maintaining work across multiple clinical settings.

Under the direction of a physician and/or the Medical Director, the Advanced Practice Provider will collaboratively co-manage patient caseloads alongside each patient’s primary clinician, contributing to comprehensive, team-based care.

• 12 hours per week
• Two days per week
• Multiple scheduling options available to support work-life balance

If you’re looking for a part-time role where your expertise is valued, your schedule is respected, and your work makes a genuine difference, we invite you to apply and become part of our compassionate care community.

• Complete psychiatric diagnostic and substance use evaluation.
• Prescribe medical treatment within scope of practice.
• Provide on-going medication assessment, education, and management, including medications of opioid use disorder (MOUD).
• 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.

• Successful completion of accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program. Master’s degree required.
• Two years’ experience as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) strongly preferred.
• Current license issued by the State of Maine or eligible for licensure and qualified to do psychiatric evaluations and medication management.
• Active DEA registration.
• Current BLS certification.
• Experience providing medical services to those experiencing homelessness.
• Experience treating psychiatric and substance use disorders, including MOUD.
• Knowledge and comfort with trauma-informed care.
• 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.
• Limited Part-time Benefits include earned paid leave, education assistance program, retirement options with employer contributions, health and well‑being programs, and more.

Maine Health Behavioral Health (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.

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.

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For more information, please contact Sarah Evan, Physician and APP Recruiter n.

For more information, please contact Sarah Evan, Physician and APP Recruiter n.