Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

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Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Duties to include but not limited to:

• Provide clinical oversight and guidance to nursing staff within the PRRC program
• Ensure nurses adhere to evidence-based practices in mental health and recovery care, conduct regular reviews of nursing documentation for accuracy and compliance, and oversee medication administration processes to ensure safety and effectiveness
• Coordinate nursing assignments and workload distribution, provide mentorship and support for ongoing professional development, and monitor performance, providing feedback and conducting regular evaluations
• Supervise nurse facilitates communication between nursing staff and the interdisciplinary team, ensure participation in team meetings, and fosters collaborative care planning
• Implement new protocols or best practices, monitor adherence to safety and infection control standards, and support quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes within the program
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care
• Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level
• Monitor and assess Veterans' mental and physical health status, including supporting suicide risk screenings and safety planning
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate relevant observations to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other healthcare providers.

Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday-Friday

Telework: AD-HOC telework available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized