Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner- Primary Care

Description

Great things happen for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners like yourself who seek to put clients first in an Integrated Primary Care Practice Environment. They find themselves at Maine Health, Maine's largest integrated health system.

Sanford Family Medicine is seeking a part-time (benefit eligible) (32 hours/week) experienced PMHNP to join our Primary Care team in Sanford, Maine. There is flexibility in the location and the position could be based in Saco or Kennebunk as well. Join us, and you will find supportive, collaborative colleagues; strong patient/provider relationships; comprehensive resources and advanced technologies, including fully integrated Epic EMR. In this Primary Care practice, the clients' biopsychosocial information is added toone integrated medical record. This supports communication withinthe team and optimizes care.

This opportunity is ideal for someone interested in providing highly valued psychiatry services within a medical team, as well as the larger Behavioral Health Integration program where education, training, consultation and comraderyare part of the job.

The Maine Behavioral Health Integrated program is one of the largest in the nation, with approximately 40 clinicians providing care at over 50 primary care locations and almost 10 specialty offices throughout Maine.

Desired Qualifications & Experience:

• Certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a PMHNP
• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a PMHNP
• Experience in a primary care or outpatient medical practice settingpreferred
• Ability to attain (or be currently licensed as) an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License in the State of Maine

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Integrated care for clientson a primary care team
• Psychiatric evaluations
• Medication management
• Consultation to the primary care team