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Location

Kennebunk, ME | United States

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Summary

Kennebunk, Maine

If you're a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with a passion for helping children, we want to speak with you!

Great things happen for providers like you who seek to put patients first. They find themselves at MaineHealth, Maine's largest integrated health system. Join us, and you will also find supportive, collaborative colleagues; strong patient/provider relationships; and comprehensive resources and advanced technologies, including fully integrated Epic EMR. Plus, you will experience the exceptional and rewarding lifestyle only Maine can offer.

Maine Behavioral Healthcare, a member of MaineHealth, seeks a full time psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join our integrated team with Southern Maine Health Care in Kennebunk, Maine. The PMHNP will join the Pediatrics team to provide psychiatric consultation and care to help shape services for a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic. Educating the care team on psychiatric approaches to behavioral health conditions is an exciting part of the role. The ideal candidate will have a passion for treating children of all ages and youth adults with behavioral health disorders.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

• Education: Master's degree with an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and practice, and additional medical training.
  
  
• License/Certification: Current and valid license as a Nurse Practitioner by the Maine State Board of Nursing and qualified to do psychiatric evaluations and medication management. Specific credentialing criteria needed if working in the hospital as defined by Medical Staff By-Laws.
  
  
• Experience: 2+ year of patient care in a community mental health center or hospital is preferred.
  
  
• Advanced skill and knowledge in conducting psychiatric evaluations and treating patients
  
  

TEAM MEMBERS ENJOY

• A collaborative, innovative, and passionate team
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Connection to the Behavioral Health Integration team
• Quarterly trainings in integration topics
• Individual supervision with an experienced provider and group supervision with other Maine Behavioral Healthcare providers within the Southern Maine Health Care region

LOCATION

Kennebunk Maine, located in the heart of the Southern Maine coastline, is home to scenic beach communities, world-class restaurants, and a warm community environment. Portland is only a 35-minute drive north, while Boston is 1.5 hours south. The Kennebunk area is a desirable place to live and work for those who enjoy proximity to city life as well as the great outdoors and ocean life.

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