Registered Nurse - Tucson, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

The SAVAHCS Mental Health Service values cultural diversity across our staff and training programs. Mental Health Service leaders are deeply committed to fostering an environment that is highly sensitive to and appreciative of all aspects of diversity. Our staff represent a variety of cultural backgrounds, competencies, interests, and theoretical orientations.

Duties

The Behavior Health Interdisciplinary Program, Registered Nurse demonstrates the possession of advanced practice skill and judgment with at least 2 years in an area of specialized in psychiatric nursing practice with a wide range of mental health patients to include outpatient settings.

• The BHIP RN is expected to provide consultation as well as guidance to colleagues within their scope of practice. In addition, the incumbent is expected to role model effective interventions, skills, and strategies working with Veterans within the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) who require psychiatric care.
• The incumbent will be expected to provide orientation to less experienced RN Care Coordinators as well as develop innovations in practice interventions.
• The BHIP RN works in coordination with the BHIP Supervisor on the RN's respective BHIP team and the BHIP Program Coordinator to assist in program development for BHIP nursing and care coordination.
• The incumbent provides support and continuity of care for 1 to 2 psychiatric provider patient panels in BHIP. The incumbent recognizes, manages, and develops treatment planning for the mental health problems of patients safely and effectively, recognizing own scope of practice.
• The incumbent develops and coordinates seamless transitioning of patients throughout the outpatient care process with a focus on recovery planning needs.
• The incumbent demonstrates sound clinical judgment in assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluation Mental Health patients.
• The incumbent must possess thorough knowledge of mental health patient management policies, clinical documentation requirements, current standards of care, and compliance guidelines.
• Specific mental health patient management policies include crisis management, medication management, and consult management
• The position requires extensive familiarity with clinical settings; skill with computers; skill in organizing and maintaining records and record summaries; and English language proficiency.
• The position requires the ability to provide psychoeducation and counseling to patients and the ability to function independently in assessment triage of mental health and medical conditions also requires familiarity with a variety of treatments for mental health and substance use disorders.
• The position requires the ability to work with and communicate with a variety of clinicians, including the care coordinator's assigned psychiatric providers, other clinicians within BHIP, the Mental Health Service, and primary care.

The incumbent will work face to face 2 to 3 days per week at SAVAHCS Bldg 90 Monday- Friday, and telework from home 2 or 3 days per week eight hour tours as determined by the agency policy.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: 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

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

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM

Telework: Available as determined by the agency policy

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required