Registered Nurse - ABJ CBOC Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery RN

Registered Nurse, ABJ CBOC Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery

The incumbent of this position must have a valid, state-issued driver's license. The Registered Nurse, ABJ CBOC Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery RN, duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments.
• 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 Mental Health (MH) specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the MH 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.
• Executes position responsibilities to improve patient and organizational outcomes.
• The ICMHR RN executes their position duties by providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care and maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions.
• The ICMHR program provides clinical community-based case management services to Veterans with pervasive mental illness (PMI), severe functional impairment, and high Inpatient MH unit utilization, in coordination with existing community and Veterans Affairs (VA) services.
• The ICMHR RN gains awareness of the principles and goals of outpatient MH treatment by understanding practices related to patient-centered care, recovery-oriented principles, tele-mental health, community-based care, and self-awareness related to caring for patients living with MH conditions.
• The ICMHR RN facilitates care coordination, linking with the Inpatient MH units to facilitate continuity of care attends and participates in MH interdisciplinary team huddles and meetings, uses therapeutic communication techniques, practices de-escalation techniques, utilizes recovery-oriented language, and provides Veterans, their family members, and/or significant others with education regarding their illness, medications, and treatment plan.

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

Telework: Not available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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