Maine Behavioral Healthcare (MBH) is seeking either a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join its expanding team located in Rockland, Maine. The ideal candidate will provide medical leadership to a multidisciplinary team within the MBH continuum of care. The provider will be responsible for initial evaluations, treatment planning, medication management, and other therapeutic interventions. There will be a significant orientation toward integration with the primary care services of MaineHealth.  This unique opportunity involves providing care to patients 18 years of age and older. We offer an excellent benefit and compensation package.

MBH, 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 multi-disciplinary 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.”

Mid-Coast Maine is a truly magnificent area, with spectacular natural beauty and outdoor recreation not found anywhere else in the country. In addition to the appeal of the natural landscape, there are many opportunities for fine dining and cultural activities, and the urban attractions of Portland are within an easy drive for a weekend excursion.

• Position Summary
  • Under the direction of a physician or the Medical Director, the nurse practitioner provides primary medical care for hospitalized, partially hospitalized and outpatients. The nurse practitioner will provide face to face psychiatric evaluations, medication management and health care to patients. The nurse practitioner will co-manage their case loads with the physicians. The position all includes developing and recording a plan for effective and timely treatment for patients.
• 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

For more information, please contact Dillon Reno, MBH Physician Recruitment Specialist at (207) 661-4790 or dreno@mainehealth.org