Nurse Practitioner - PCMHI; Primary Care-Mental Health Integration

Nurse Practitioner - PCMHI (Primary Care-Mental Health Integration)

This Nurse Practitioner - PCMHI (Primary Care-Mental Health Integration) position is located in the Mental Health Service at the Portland, ME location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. The incumbent practices in the PCMHI Program in the Mental Health (MH) Service as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the VA mission.

The PMHNP provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Uses advanced clinical judgment to independently provide evidence-based treatment to Veterans with acute or chronic mental illness including use of psychotropic medications, psychotherapy, and other modalities.
• Provides patient and family education on medical/mental health conditions, preventive measures, and prescribed treatments.
• Demonstrates leadership and engages in collaboration with primary care mental health and specialty care professionals while involving Veterans and their families (as appropriate), in treatment plan development.
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Counsels and treats patients with substance use disorders.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic studies
• Initiates referrals/consults to specialty services
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence

Work Schedule:

Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Karen Chapman karen.chapman, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Assignment Code: N4

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

Pay:
Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Notifications:

• This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position
• This position is in the Excepted Service
• This position is covered by a special rate
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

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