Remote RN - Mental Health

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.

Facilitates shift reports, warm hand-offs, and develops content as well as facilitates nurse-led psychoeducational groups.

Utilizes 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.

Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.

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

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Variable and rotating 12 hour shifts, to include weekends and holidays, subject to change based on needs of the facility

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized