Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center – Lebanon, NH

Are you looking to work with an engaged team and motivated faculty?  Are you looking to collaborate and learn from other PMHNPs, Psychiatrists and General Medicine providers to provide state-of-the-art psychiatric care to those in need?  We have an exciting role for you!  

The Department of Psychiatry is seeking to add a crisis Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to our team.  In this role, your service will be a combination of coverage in the DHMC emergency department as well as outpatient psychiatry clinics. The outpatient psychiatry clinical work will be short term stabilization of patients including pharmacological management. A portion of the outpatient work will involve telehealth. In this role, you will not have overnight or weekend responsibilities.

The emergency psychiatric service at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is an interdisciplinary team of mental health clinicians who provide consultation to the emergency department regarding psychiatric and behavioral emergencies. Team members include APRN, social work, psychology and psychiatry clinicians. Team members independently assess and manage children and adults presenting to the DHMC emergency department as well as in the urgent outpatient setting and on the crises phone line.  Additionally, this team reviews and accepts referrals for the inpatient psychiatric adult psychiatric units.

The Department of Psychiatry is involved in training mental health clinicians in multiple disciplines and opportunities exist for teaching and supervision of trainees. The ideal candidate, in addition to having relevant clinical experience, being an enthusiastic teacher and having strong organizational and multitasking skills are important in this role.

Dartmouth Health is highly dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive group of faculty, staff and trainees to meet the vast needs of our community and patient populations. We are especially interested in applicants who are able to work effectively with and care for individuals from all backgrounds, including but not limited to: racial and ethnic minorities, women, individuals who identify with LGBTQ+ communities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and/or individuals from lower income backgrounds. We invite applicants to state in their cover letter how their professional and/or life experiences prepare them to advance Dartmouth Health’s commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

What Dartmouth Health has to offer you:

• Established patient base
• Inclusive and collegial environment and referrals
• Competitive compensation, benefits and relocation
• Dedicated CME time and funds

What New England has to offer you:

• Unmatched quality of life
• Four seasons and an outdoor lifestyle
• Access to major cities and airports
• Proximity to mountains and hiking trails
• Driving distance to the seacoast/ocean
• Abundance of local lakes for boating and swimming
• No sales or income tax!

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth Health Children’s; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth Health ambulatory clinics across the region. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.

 Cover Letters should be addressed to:

Christine Finn, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Services for the Department of Psychiatry