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Behavioral Health RN
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 49 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Provides patient-centered, recovery-oriented care for Veterans with mental health conditions.
- →Utilizes therapeutic communication, de-escalation, and recovery-oriented language to foster safe, effective interactions.
- →Coordinates care across outpatient and inpatient Mental Health services, ensuring continuity through warm hand-offs, interdisciplinary team meetings, and MH huddles.
- →Develops and facilitates nurse-led psychoeducational groups.
- →Educates Veterans, families, and significant others on mental health conditions, medications, and treatment plans.
- →Identifies, reports, and assists with resolving safety concerns; partners with program leadership to improve clinical and operational outcomes.
- →Directs team response in psychiatric and medical emergencies.
- →Demonstrates leadership, advanced judgment, and innovation in managing complex mental health care needs.
- →Documents triage assessments, risk screens, measurement-based care tools, clinical reminders, and patient care plans per facility policy.
- →Maintains professional boundaries to safeguard patient vulnerabilities and ensure care in the patient's best interest.
- →Provides constructive feedback to peers; supports colleagues through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- →Creates a supportive clinical environment conducive to professional development of nursing and interdisciplinary staff.
- →Performs physical duties associated with direct patient care, including prolonged standing/walking, moderate lifting, bending, and kneeling.
- →Applies safe patient handling and mobility protocols during daily practice.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 2f033bb6-0f45-4ced-89d9-34759669f3aa
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