Registered Nurse; Outpatient - Mental Health - EDRP Authorized

Outpatient Mental Health RN with Primary Care Mental Health Integration

Outpatient Mental Health RN with Primary Care Mental Health Integration is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing direct patient care. These RNs assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care based on age-specific components. They assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care while influencing care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

They execute position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.

Typical duties may include but are not limited to:

• Serving as a Collaborative Care Manager
• Providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care and maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions
• Facilitating care coordination, linking with the Inpatient MH Units to facilitate continuity of care
• Participating in MH interdisciplinary treatment team huddles and meetings, warm hand-offs, and developing content as well as facilitating nurse-led psycho educational groups
• Using therapeutic communication techniques, practicing de-escalation techniques, utilizing recovery-oriented language, and providing Veterans, their family members, and/or significant others with education regarding their illness, medications, and treatment plan
• Reporting, assisting and/or directing safety concern resolution and collaborates with program leadership to help improve patient and program outcomes; and directing team response to psychiatric and medical emergencies
• Documenting nursing triage assessments, risk screens, measurement-based care tools, clinical reminders, and patient plan of care according to facility policy.
• Maintaining professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient.
• Providing peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement
• Supporting colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing
• Fostering safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals
• Working with infectious patients and/or contaminated materials requiring prolonged wearing of various levels of personal protective equipment
• Working in various work environments based on patient care, organizational needs, and/or safety requirements
• Working with patients who may be combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or behavioral health conditions
• Working while exposed to loud noises, alarms, chaotic situations or other distractions and stressors in which the RN must maintain professional bearing and composure
• Working in modified work environments, care for patients on isolation precautions, screen potentially infectious patients, and participate in labor pools, etc.

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

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

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Work Schedule:

TBD (Typically 0730
-1600 CST, but may be required to work rotating tours to include nights weekends and holidays)
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