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Registered Nurse - Inpatient Mental Health
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 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 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
- →The Inpatient Mental Health (MH) Registered Nurse (RN) 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.
- →The nurse facilitates shift reports, warm hand-offs, and develops content as well as facilitates nurse-led psychoeducational groups.
- →They use therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, and utilize recovery-oriented language.
- →The Inpatient MH RN is responsible and accountable for obtaining and maintaining all levels of Preventative and Management of Disruptive Behavior Training (PMDB) and competency to further promote safety in the inpatient psychiatric setting.
- →The nurse 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.
- →The nurse documents nursing assessments, nursing plan of care, patient safety observations, and environmental safety rounds according to facility policy.
- →The nurse maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient.
- →Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision or policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
- →Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for MH patients.
- →Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
- →Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
- →Evaluates 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 and service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within the facility.
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
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