Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Inpatient

Company: MaineHealth
Location: Sanford
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Description Under the direction of a physician or the Medical Director, the Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant 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/PA's function as part of an interdisciplinary team including nursing, social work, discharge planners, group facilitators, dietitians, and spiritual care.The inpatient Behavioral Health Unit in Sanford, is 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.Desired Qualifications & Experience:

• Master's degree with an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and practice, and additional medical training or completion of a board-certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
  • Current/Eligible license as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant by the Maine State Board of Nursing or Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine.
    • 2+ years of patient care in an inpatient medical hospital is preferred.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 is competitive, affordable, and include choices that meet specific, but ever changing, needs.MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH), a MaineHealth member, is Northern New England's leading integrated behavioral healthcare system, serving predominantly southern, western, central, and MidCoast 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.To learn more about our system, please visitand our benefits page.Please contact Physician & APP Recruiter: Dave Somers at david.somers@mainehealth.org

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