Registered Nurse - Mental Health Substance Treatment Program

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Duties include but are not limited to:

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on Mental Health (MH) and substance use specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the MH continuum of care.
• 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 MH client care.
• Gains awareness of the principles and goals of outpatient MH STP by understanding practices related to patient-centered care, recovery-oriented principles, and self-awareness related to caring for patients living with substance use conditions.
• Provides direct patient care including substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and clinical support.
• Works directly with the SUD professionals, psychiatric, and clinical staff to support clinical treatment.
• Collaborates with patients, staff, and other care providers.
• Uses the nursing process and evidence-based practice in assessing patients' medical and MH needs, developing initial care plans, monitoring patients' status, and providing transitional care, all from a perspective of recovery-oriented, personalized, proactive, patient-centered, holistic treatment approach.
• Functions as an advocate for patients, by serving as a team player with colleagues and by working to foster their own professional growth as well as that of team members and colleagues.
• 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.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

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: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Telework: Position is eligible for Telework - Ad Hoc. May be authorized at Supervisory discretion.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized