Registered Nurse; Inpatient Mental Health

Job Title

Registered Nurse (Inpatient Mental Health)

The major duties of the Registered Nurse (Inpatient Mental Health) include, but are not limited to:

• Improves patient and organizational outcomes by providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care, maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions, and managing the milieu.
• Facilitates shift reports, warm hand-offs, and develops content as well as facilitates nurse-led psycho educational groups.
• Uses therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, and utilize recovery-oriented language.
• Actively participates in Mental Health interdisciplinary treatment team, Environment of Care rounds, directs team response to psychiatric emergencies, reports safety concerns, and assists in safety concern resolution.
• Documents nursing assessments, nursing plan of care, patient safety observations, and environmental safety rounds according to facility policy.
• Maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient.
• Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
• Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for Mental Health patients.
• Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
• Evaluates Mental Health outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
• Responsible for the documented Mental Health outcomes at the program or service level.

Preferred Experience:

Experience in inpatient mental health or psychiatric nursing, including care of high-acuity patients; ability to manage behavioral escalation using therapeutic communication and de-escalation techniques; familiarity with safety protocols, seclusion/restraint procedures, and electronic health record documentation. 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:

Full-time; six 12-hour shifts (07:30 am to 08:00 pm) and one 8-hour shift (07:30 am to 04:00 pm) each pay period, with rotating weekends and holidays.

Telework:
Not available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not authorized

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact vhaedrpprogramsupport, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not authorized