Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.
The Division of Psychiatry at UMass Memorial Health is looking for a dedicated Nurse Practitioner to become part of our expanding team.
The UMass Memorial Health Care Department of Psychiatry is the largest provider of psychiatric services in central Massachusetts with over 400 faculty members who work in a variety of settings within UMass Memorial Health Care, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the public sector. We integrate our clinical, research, teaching, and community partnership activities to help individuals and families transform their lives through recovery from mental illness and addiction.
Major Responsibilities:
- Ability to establish working relationships with other human service providers
- Conducts Mental health evaluations on all patients as needed, and provides appropriate care interventions
- Works with the treatment team to analyze and interpret observations of patient’s behavior with information gathered about patient
- Fully prepared to present a patient care case in court
Additional Details:
- Full-Time position with remote opportunity one day per week
- Hospital-based outpatient setting
Department Specific Responsibilities:
- Outpatient child and adolescent psychiatric consultation, evaluation, and ongoing psychiatric management for the Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CANDO) and Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP).
Our Benefit Highlights:
- Relocation Bonus of up to $5,000
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Loan Forgiveness
- Matching 401k and Pension Plan
- Generous paid time off
- CME Time and Practice Allowance
- Top Tier Medical Insurance (Health/Dental/Vision)
Required:
- Three years of advanced clinical practice experience in child and adolescent psychiatric settings
Preferred/recommended:
- Advanced clinical practice experience in child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient settings conducting diagnostic evaluations and providing psychiatric medication management
- Experience working with pediatric and adult patients with neurodevelopmental disabilities
- Experience working in integrated Primary Care – Behavioral Health settings
Why UMass:
- Centrally located in Massachusetts, UMass is the premier health care system in the region, noted for our academic excellence and leading cutting-edge research.
- Many of our physicians are both clinicians of UMass Memorial Health and faculty of UMass Chan Medical School. As such, we serve as the bridge between both institutions, working collaboratively as physicians and researchers from different specialties and areas of expertise.
- All of us are continuously learning, therefore we prioritize physician professional development to invest in the growth of our doctors.
- As a Lean organization, UMass Memorial Health is committed to constant innovation.
- Each one of us contributes to shaping a culture that promotes kindness, respect, tolerance, partnerships and inclusivity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.