Pediatric Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner; PMHNP

Overview

Pediatric Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) location:
Biddeford, ME. Facility:
Maine Health Behavioral Health.

Schedule:

Part Time. Job Category:
Advanced Practice Provider. Req #: 8019. Date Posted:
Jan 22, 2026.

Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH), a member of Maine Health, seeks a PMHNP to join our Integrated Team with Maine Health Pediatrics - Kennebunk. Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH) seeks an experienced PMHNP to join our Integrated Team with Maine Health Pediatrics in Kennebunk, Maine. The PMHNP will join the Pediatrics team in York County 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 young adults with behavioral health disorders. Previous PMHNP experience working with pediatrics is required.

Schedule:

Part Time (benefits eligible) 20 hours per week. Potential remote/hybrid options.

• Complete diagnostic evaluation and health screening.
• Prescribe medical treatment within scope of practice.
• Provide ongoing medication assessment, education, and management.
• Provide therapeutic treatment in face-to-face and tele-psychiatric evaluations.
• Develop and record a plan for effective and timely treatment for patients in a community-based setting.
• Complete medical records timely per policy.

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

• Master’s degree as Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
• Two years’ experience as a PMHNP minimum (Required).
• Valid license as a Nurse Practitioner by the Maine State Board of Nursing and qualified to do psychiatric evaluations and medication management.
• Must meet specific credentialing criteria needed if working in the hospital as defined by Medical Staff By-Laws.
• Advanced skill and knowledge in conducting psychiatric evaluations and treating psychiatric conditions.

• Competitive compensation package including sign-on bonus and relocation assistance to qualified candidates, CME expense reimbursement, and malpractice insurance.
• Benefits include Paid Time Off, CME time, retirement options with employer contributions, medical, dental, vision, life/disability coverage, and more.

Maine Health is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” Maine Health 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 Maine Health Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, Maine Health provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

Maine Health offers Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive and competitive benefits, along with programs and resources to meet the diverse needs of our workforce.

Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH), a Maine Health 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 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…