Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Associate - Inpatient Psychiatric Consult Team

Description

Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH) is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatric Physician Associate to join our inpatient psychiatric consult team as a Psychiatric Hospital Consultant Professional at Maine Health Maine Medical Center Portland (MHMMCP).

We are a cohesive team representing many disciplines, including Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Associates, Behavioral Health Clinicians, Pharmacists, Resident Physicians, APP learners and Medical Students. We value teamwork and strive to nurture a supportive environment. The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant provides psychiatric consultation to inpatients at Maine Medical Center Portland. The candidate should have comfort working with medically complex patients and those with substance use disorders.

The PMHNP or PPA will provide face to face psychiatric evaluations and medication recommendations to patients on medical/surgical units. Due to the hospital-based setting, an ability to multitask and manage acute clinical scenarios is essential.

Schedule
:
Full time - 40 hours per week, including weekend shifts (five 8-hour shifts).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant/Associate program.
• Two years of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant/Associate experience preferred but not required.
• Current license issued by the State of Maine or eligible for licensure.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current DEA registration
• Meets credentialing criteria defined in Medical Staff By-Laws and associated entity.
• Advanced skill and knowledge in psychiatric diagnosis, psychopharmacology and experience in treating patients with comorbidities preferred.

This position offers:

• 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.

Additional Information:

Situated on the Maine coast,
Portland offers the best of urban sophistication combined with small-town friendliness. The area provides four-season recreational opportunities, such as skiing, hiking, sailing, and miles of beautiful beaches. Just two hours north of Boston, this is an exceptionally diverse and vibrant community.

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.

Maine Health offers a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive and competitive benefits, along with programs and resources to meet the diverse needs of our workforce.

At Maine Health
, we recognize the value each team member brings to our organization. Total compensation packages may include, based on eligibility, recruitment payments, relocation assistance, shift differentials, productivity-based incentives, quality incentives and other premiums.

The pay range for this position at a 1.0 FTE is $118,138 to $132,037 annually based on the candidate’s level of experience.

In addition to base pay, Maine Health…