Registered Nurse - Inpatient Mental Health

Mental Health Registered Nurse (RN)

The Mental Health (MH) Registered Nurse (RN) executes their position duties to improve patient and organizational outcomes by providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care, maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions, and managing the milieu. Duties include but is not limited to:

• Facilitating shift reports, warm hand-offs, and develops content as well as facilitates nurse-led psychoeducational groups.
• Utilize therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, and utilize recovery-oriented language.
• Actively participates in MH interdisciplinary treatment team, MH Environment of Care rounds, directs team response to psychiatric emergencies, reports safety concerns, and assists in safety concern resolution.
• 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.
• Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
• Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for MH patients.
• Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
• Evaluates MH outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
• Responsible for the documented MH outcomes at the program or service level.

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: Shift varies, rotating weekends and holidays

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized