Registered Nurse Outpatient Mental Health Danville

Job Title

Outpatient Mental Health And Substance Use Disorder Registered Nurse

Duties

Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. The Outpatient Mental Health (MH) and Outpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Registered Nurse (RN) promotes personal growth and development of psychiatric-mental health nursing practice. The MH and SUD RN gains awareness of the principles and goals of outpatient MH/SUD 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 and/or SUD conditions. The MH and SUD RN attends program specific and participates in 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. The MH RN also participates in warm hand-off, care coordination, liaising with Inpatient MH Units to facilitate continuity of care, and responds to psychiatric and medical emergencies as directed. The SUD RN will manage SUD medication clinic. The SUD RN liaising with Inpatient SUD treatment to facilitate continuity of care, and responds to SUD, psychiatric, and medical emergencies as directed. The MH and SUD RN documents nursing triage assessments, risk screens, clinical reminders, and patient plan of care in accordance with facility policy. The MH and SUD RN maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient.

Benefits

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 7:30am - 4:00pm 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 View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more