Registered Nurse- Acute Psychiatric with EDRP

Acute Psychiatric Nurse Duties

CTVHCS is in the process of making a cultural change, shifting from a disease-focused approach to a health and wellbeing approach, in order to implement the Whole Health System of Care. This is a VA-wide initiative to provide a comprehensive and systematic approach to improve healthcare delivery at all stages of Veteran care. This entails moving from an episodic, "siloed" approach to an interdisciplinary, holistic approach, emphasizing self-care in the larger context of well-being. All staff in this facility will be part of this process, shifting the focus from the question, "What's the matter with you?" to the question, "What matters to you, and how can we help you live your best life?" This strategy also involves integrating a full range of conventional approaches with Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) approaches in order to optimize lifelong health and well-being, as defined by the Veteran, rather than narrowly focusing on disease management.

The Acute Psychiatric Nurse duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Provides and leads the provision of competent, evidence-based care, the psychiatric mental health (MH) nurse independently provides patient-centered and recovery-oriented care, milieu management, and maintains self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions.
• Facilitate shift reports, warm hand-offs, and nurse-led psychoeducational groups.
• Use therapeutic communication techniques.
• Practice de-escalation techniques.
• Utilize recovery-oriented language.
• Actively participates in MH interdisciplinary treatment team & MH Environment of Care rounds.
• Assumes team lead for psychiatric emergencies.
• Reports and assists in resolving safety concerns.
• 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.
• Has oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting.
• Assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation.
• Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
• Contributes professional nursing perspective in discussions with the MH interdisciplinary team.
• Supports colleagues through MH knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Shares MH educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
• Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care.
• Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based MH practice culture.

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: 3:30pm - Midnight or 11:30pm-8:00am, Rotating weekends and holidays

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized