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

Description

Summary

Columbia is the geographic center of South Carolina, with easy access to mountains (two hours west) and nationally recognized beach resorts (two hours east). Columbia boasts a nationally acclaimed library system, highly rated schools, and many outstanding golf courses. Big time college sports abound with two major schools - the University of South Carolina, Columbia, in the Southeastern Conference and Clemson University, Clemson, Atlantic Coast Conference (two hours away).

Duties

The RN Mental Health Intensive Case Manager (MHICM) demonstrates clinical expertise, leadership, and creative approaches to management of complex care for seriously ill mental health clients within a 60-65 miles radius of the Anderson/Spartanburg/Greenville CBOCs.

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Facilitating the flow of care by face to face visits and on occasions use telephonic and VVC(Video Connect Technology)
• Expedite transition to lower or higher levels of care.
• Seek to prevent hospitalization
• Participate early in discharge planning and make frequent contacts with the Veteran, family/caregiver and providers.
• Takes evening telephone on call until 12 midnight.
• Makes frequent patient care visits in the home and those living in Residential Care Facilities.
• Have an understanding about the special mental health needs of Veterans in rural communities.
• Will perform other duties as assigned.

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 8:00 am-4:30pm

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized for a highly qualified applicant

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required