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Registered Nurse-Inpatient Mental Health-EDRP Authorized
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 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
- →As the Inpatient Mental Health (MH) Registered Nurse (RN) you will execute the 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.
- →You will facilitate shift reports, warm hand-offs, and develop content as well as facilitate nurse-led psychoeducational groups.
- →Use therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, and utilize recovery-oriented language.
- →Actively participate in MH interdisciplinary treatment team, MH Environment of Care rounds, direct team response to psychiatric emergencies, report safety concerns, and assist in safety concern resolution.
- →Document nursing assessments, nursing plan of care, patient safety observations, and environmental safety rounds according to facility policy.
- →Maintain professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient.
- →Collaborate in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
- →Demonstrate performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for MH patients.
- →Provide peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
- →Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
- →Evaluate MH outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
- →Responsible for the documented MH outcomes at the program or service level.
- →Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.
- →You may be exposed to infectious patients and/or contaminated materials requiring prolonged wearing of various levels of personal protective equipment.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- ✓Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
- ✓If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.
Personality Fit
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