Behavioral Health RN

Job Title

Provides patient-centered, recovery-oriented care for Veterans with mental health conditions.

Utilizes therapeutic communication, de-escalation, and recovery-oriented language to foster safe, effective interactions.

Coordinates care across outpatient and inpatient Mental Health services, ensuring continuity through warm hand-offs, interdisciplinary team meetings, and MH huddles.

Develops and facilitates nurse-led psychoeducational groups.

Educates Veterans, families, and significant others on mental health conditions, medications, and treatment plans.

Identifies, reports, and assists with resolving safety concerns; partners with program leadership to improve clinical and operational outcomes.

Directs team response in psychiatric and medical emergencies.

Demonstrates leadership, advanced judgment, and innovation in managing complex mental health care needs.

Documents triage assessments, risk screens, measurement-based care tools, clinical reminders, and patient care plans per facility policy.

Maintains professional boundaries to safeguard patient vulnerabilities and ensure care in the patient's best interest.

Provides constructive feedback to peers; supports colleagues through knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Creates a supportive clinical environment conducive to professional development of nursing and interdisciplinary staff.

Performs physical duties associated with direct patient care, including prolonged standing/walking, moderate lifting, bending, and kneeling.

Applies safe patient handling and mobility protocols during daily practice.

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 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Telework: Ad-Hoc

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized