Registered Nurse- Residential Rehabilitative Treatment Program; RRTP Mental Health; MH

Position: Registered Nurse- Residential Rehabilitative Treatment Program (RRTP) Mental Health (MH)
Location: Denver

The Residential Rehabilitative Treatment Program (RRTP) Mental Health (MH) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities to improve patient & organizational outcomes. They execute their position duties by providing patient-centered & recovery-oriented care & maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with substance use disorder and/or MH conditions. They facilitates shift reports, warm hand-offs, & develops content as well as facilitates psycho educational groups.

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Major Duties:

* Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.

* Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components.

* Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.

* Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines.

* Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

* Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex

client care.

* Uses therapeutic communication techniques, practices de-escalation techniques, utilizes recovery-oriented language, and provides oversight of the patient safe medication management program.

* Demonstrates the ability to work with and lead MH interdisciplinary teams and work collaboratively with others as well as independently.

* Promotes critical thinking, participates in patient safety and environment of care rounds, directs team response to psychiatric and medical care needs and emergencies, reports safety concerns, and assists and/or directs safety concern resolution.

* Documents nursing assessments, risk screens, measurement-based care tools, nursing plan of care, patient safety rounds, and environment of care rounds according to facility policy.

* Maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient.

* Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.

* Supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.

* Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.

* Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay:
Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule:

Various night shifts, schedule to be discussed with supervisor. , ,

Compressed/Flexible:
Maybe Available

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized