Registered Nurse - Primary Care Mental Health Integration

Primacy Care Mental Health Integration Registered Nurse Duties

The Primacy Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assesses, develops, implements, evaluates, and maintains and monitors Veteran specific plans of care, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to ensure patient outcomes are reported and validated.
• 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.
• Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.
• Provides patient education, activation, behavior intervention, monitoring of medication adherence and response, and other protocol-driven services.
• Participates in patient outreach and engagement.
• Participates in caseload consultation.
• Provides provider education and brief interventions using evidence-based techniques such as behavioral activation, motivational interviewing, and other focused treatment strategies.
• Conducts relapse prevention planning throughout care, including transition from active treatment to maintenance as goals are achieved.
• Effectively communicates with patients, families, caregivers, VA leadership, and members of the interdisciplinary team using therapeutic communication and de-escalation techniques.
• Responds to psychiatric emergencies as needed and utilizes recovery-oriented language.
• Collaborates with PCMHI leadership and other team members to develop and enhance educational materials and marketing strategies for PCMHI services and ensure high quality, effective, Veteran-centered services at the patient and programmatic levels.
• Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conductive to the professional development of health care professionals.

Telework: NOT available

Virtual: This is NOT a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: NOT Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): NOT Authorized