Description
If you're a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner looking for an overnight opportunity, we want to speak with you! Relocations assistance available!
Position Summary:
Under the direction of a physician or the Medical Director, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) will provide psychiatric care for hospitalized patients. This includes initial psychiatric evaluations, follow-up visits, history, and psychiatric medication management. This position includes developing and recording a plan for effective and timely treatment for patients experiencing a variety of psychiatric illnesses. NP's function as part of an interdisciplinary team including nursing, social work, discharge planners, group facilitators, dietitians and spiritual care.
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA):
Education: Master's degree with an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and practice, and additional medical training or completion of a board certified Nurse Practitioner program.
License/Certification: Current and valid license as a Nurse Practitioner by the Maine State Board of Nursing or Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine and qualified to provide health screening, medication and education regarding medication management. Specific credentialing criteria needed if working in the hospital as defined by Medical Staff by-Laws and certified by the National Commission on the certification of Nurse Practitioners.
Experience: 2+ years of patient care in an inpatient medical hospital is preferred.
Additional Information:
The inpatient Behavioral Health Unit in Sanford - a 40 bed, locked unit that provides a 24-hour treatment program designed to provide care for adults ages 18-95 in acute psychiatric crisis. The multidisciplinary team treats individuals experiencing major mental illnesses and addiction related problems. The program includes voluntary and involuntary levels of care. A team of mental health professionals plan and work together with the patient to provide psychiatric care, medical treatment, support, referral for follow-up care, and opportunities for learning and emotional growth. The team includes nursing, psychiatry, social work and case management. Programming on the mental health unit includes daily clinical groups in CBT and DBT, a therapeutic milieu, art therapy, medication management, and recreational activities.
Location:
SMHC/MaineHealth is located in the heart of York County Maine and an easy drive to Portland and Boston. The coast, lakes, rivers and mountains are the backdrop for a tremendous work/life balance opportunity.
Additional information:
MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our 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, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.
At MaineHealth, we offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow. Our packages include health and dental insurances, paid parental leave, retirement program, generous paid time off, and much more! Our comprehensive array of benefits are competitive, affordable, and include choices that meet specific, but ever changing, needs.
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations, you'll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the neighborhoods that surround it. We are deeply invested in the well-being of our communities and care team members. We believe in fostering a work environment of strong commitment, compassionate caring and continuous improvement. Join us, and your abilities will be challenged and enhanced as you take your career to a new level.
Interested candidates may submit a CV and cover letter to Dave Somers, Physician Recruiter at david.somers@mainehealth.org
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