Registered Nurse - Inpatient Mental Health

Job Title

Inpatient Mental Health Registered Nurse

Duties

The Inpatient Mental Health Registered Nurse provides and leads the provision of competent, evidence-based care, the psychiatric Mental Health Registered Nurse independently provides patient-centered and recovery-oriented care, milieu management, and maintains self-awareness while caring for patients living with mental health conditions.

Facilitate shift reports, warm hand offs, and nurse-led psychoeducational groups; use therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, and utilize recovery-oriented language.

Actively participates in mental health interdisciplinary treatment team, mental health environment of care rounds, assumes team lead for psychiatric emergencies, reports and assists in resolving safety concerns, and 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.

Will 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 Mental Health interdisciplinary team.

Supports colleagues through mental health knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.

Shares mental health 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 evidence-based mental health practice.

Benefits

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: 6:30 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. and/or 6:30 p.m. -7:00 a.m. Rotating Days and Nights

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Amanda Garner (View email address on click.appcast.io), the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized