Registered Nurse - RRTP Director

Registered Nurse - Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Director

This is not a remote position! This is a multidisciplinary announcement. This position may be filled by either a Psychology Program Manager, a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Program Manager, a Supervisory Social Worker or a Registered Nurse. The incumbent of this position must have a valid, state-issued driver's license. The Registered Nurse (RN) - Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) Director is responsible for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. The person in this role assumes responsibility for the coordination of care within the program focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. The person in this role follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. They also influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Core elements of performance for the RRTP Director include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs. The RN - RRTP Director is also responsible for the following duties:

• Executing position responsibilities that demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of program aspects.
• Demonstrating performance and leadership that is broad enough to impact the standard of care and safety of staff while caring for all patients throughout the continuum of care.
• Leading a program that meets the requirements of National Directives.
• Evaluating, developing, and implementing treatment plans, completing admission and discharge reports, preparing examining physician's reports for courts on commitment cases, and attending court hearings to provide testimony.
• Evaluating practice in an ongoing process, based on best practice evidence.
• Continuously evaluating the program, collecting and submitting facility performance measures.
• Participating in quality improvement activities for nursing and develops performance measures to ensure programmatic outcomes are successful.
• Ensuring the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are understood by the team and integrated into the program's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and products, and services.
• Communicating and evaluating assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and timeframes for completion.
• Providing strategic advice and recommendations, while collectively collaborating with the program staff to develop solutions to complex issues and reporting actions to leadership.
• Other duties, as assigned.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: Up to 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: Full-time (1 FTE); Monday - Friday, 0800 - 1630.

Telework: Ad-hoc only, as determined by the agency policy.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.