ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Kim Spectre, NP, to its Pediatrics Rockport practice.

Spectre moves to MHPBH full time from MaineHealth Waldo Hospital, where she worked as a nurse practitioner at MaineHealth Primary Care and Walk-in Care Belfast for the past five years. She also worked as a per-diem nurse practitioner in the Emergency Department at MHPBH and MHWH. Prior to that, she was the director of the ED at both hospitals for three years.

She completed her fellowship in rural emergency medicine at Bluewater Health in Brunswick and earned her Master of Science in Family Nurse Practitioner from Husson University in Bangor in 2014. She also earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2005 and in wildlife biology in 1993, both from the University of Maine – Orono.

For more information, call MaineHealth Pediatrics Rockport at 301-5600.

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit, integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America,” and is committed to a mission of providing high-quality affordable care, educating tomorrow's caregivers and researching better ways to provide care. MaineHealth includes a Level 1 trauma medical center, eight additional licensed hospitals, comprehensive pediatric care services, an extensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services as well as home health, hospice and senior care services. With more than 2,000 employed providers and approximately 23,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. MaineHealth hospitals include MaineHealth Behavioral Health at Spring Harbor in Westbrook, MaineHealth Franklin Hospital in Farmington, MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland, Biddeford and Sanford, MaineHealth Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H., MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport, MaineHealth Stephens Hospital in Norway and MaineHealth Waldo Hospital in Belfast. MaineHealth also includes the MaineHealth Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, MaineHealth Behavioral Health in Westbrook, MaineHealth Home Health and Hospice in Saco, the MaineHealth Institute for Research in Scarborough, the MaineHealth Medical Group and MaineHealth NorDx in Scarborough. MaineHealth affiliates include Maine General Health in Augusta and Waterville and St. Mary's Health System in Lewiston. It is also a significant stakeholder in the MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization in Portland and a joint venture partner in the New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Portland.