Primary Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Maine Health

Position Summary

Under the direction of a physician or the Primary Care Medical Director, theFamily Nurse Practitioner(FNP) orPhysician 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.Shifts could be located at Spring Harbor Hospital (pediatric and adult patients) and/or the MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Sanford Behavioral Health Unit (adult patients only).

• Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

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.

License/Certification: Current and valid license as a Nurse Practitioner by the Maine State Board of Nursing or Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine and qualified to provide health screening, medication and education regarding medication management. Specific credentialing criteria needed if working in the hospital as defined by Medical Staff by-Laws or certified by the National Commission on the certification of Physician Assistants.

Experience: 2+ years of patient care in an outpatient primary care clinic, acute/urgent care, or inpatient medical hospital is preferred.