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Registered Nurse - Suicide Prevention Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
At St. Cloud VA Health Care System, Registered Nurse (RN) Suicide Prevention Coordinators plan, integrate, and evaluate care for Veterans at high risk-coordinating timely follow-up, partnering across teams, and promoting evidence-based interventions to safeguard life and well-being.
What You'll Do
- →The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers.
- →This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest.
- →As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran.
- →This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community.
- →This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Coordinating and managing seamless transitions of care to and from the community while planning, integrating, implementing, modifying, and evaluating effectiveness of care.
- →Identifying and tracking Veterans at high risk for suicide; monitoring treatment to ensure needed services are received.
- →Completing consults from the Veterans Crisis Line by arranging follow-up mental health assessments, treatment, health and safety checks in the home, and, if needed, follow-up hospitalization and/or outpatient care.
- →Providing training to clinical staff on development of Veteran safety plans to prevent at-risk behaviors; facilitating required gatekeeper training and comprehensive suicide-prevention education upon request.
- →Promoting evidence-based interventions and strategies for suicide prevention throughout the health care system.
- →Ensuring Veterans identified to be at high risk have a 24-hour resource number and clear ways to receive assistance when needed.
- →Developing and distributing outreach materials (brochures, fact sheets, web content) highlighting suicide prevention, warning signs, and risk factors.
- →Developing treatment protocols for suicidal patients in the Emergency Room, for nurse-triage telephone calls, and for outpatient and acute levels of care; identifying gaps and working within the system to ensure timely, clinically appropriate treatment.
- →Creating criteria for facility-wide identification of medical-record flags for patients at risk; overseeing monitoring systems and compliance with treatment plans; preparing and maintaining administrative records, databases, and reports per guidelines.
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.
- ✓Drivers License Requirement: Unrestricted drivers license is required.
- ✓Must provide a clean driving record report from the DMV during onboarding.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7e9e4929-d13d-43a4-a7fe-646d7d34fbd5
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