Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Physician Associate/Assistant (PA) - Spring Harbor Hospital

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Or Physician Associate/Physician Assistant (PA)

MaineHealth Behavioral Health is seeking a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Physician Associate/Physician Assistant (PA) to join our team to work per diem at Spring Harbor Hospital, our 100-bed freestanding nonprofit psychiatric hospital located in Westbrook, Maine. It is one of two freestanding psychiatric hospitals in the state of Maine and offers services for both children, adolescents and adults. Under the direction of a physician or the Primary Care Medical Director, the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Physician Associate/Assistant (PA) will provide non-psychiatric medical care for patients admitted for psychiatric hospitalization and partial hospitalization. This includes face to face medical evaluations for history and physicals and subsequent consults as requested, and non-psychiatric medication management and health care to patients. This position includes developing and recording a plan for effective and timely treatment for patients.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Master's degree with an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and practice, and additional medical training or completion of a board certified Physician Assistant program.
• Licenses: Current and valid license by respective Maine Licensing body and appropriate associated board certifications
• Current BCLS & ACLS certifications.
• Meets credentialing criteria defined in Medical Staff By-Laws and associated entity
• Experience: 2+ years of patient care in an outpatient primary care clinic, acute/urgent care, or inpatient medical hospital is preferred.

This position offers:

• Collaborative, team approach to patient care.
• Fully integrated Epic EMR.
• Per Diem, day shift schedule.

MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH), a MaineHealth 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.

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