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Summary The Inpatient Mental Health Unit RN assumes the following major duties and responsibilities: Mental Health Unit RN is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Responsibilities The Registered Nurse Inpatient Unit #1 is responsible for: 1. Functioning as a team member, care coordinator, team leader or unit charge nurse for assigned area as determined by Nurse Manager or designee. 2. Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care based on age-specific components. 3. Performing required admission and ongoing Screenings, Clinical Reminders, Risk Assessment while evaluating and initiating appropriate interventions. 4. Assuming responsibility, as appropriate, for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self management prior to and after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction. 5. Considering all characteristics of the individual, including age and life stages, state of health, race and culture, values, and previous experiences. 6. Demonstrating effective interpersonal skills and therapeutic interventions/communication with patients. 7. Administering medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. 8. Influencing care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. 9. Understanding core elements of performance improvement include knowledge and active participation in unit/program level quality improvement processes and initiatives as well as customer service programs. 10. Performing Nursing Admission Assessments and initiating nursing based mental health treatment plans. 11. Conducting data collections, chart audits and taking remedial actions as indicated or directed by nursing leadership. 12. Participating in Code Green/ Code Blue/Code Red Team activities. 13. Other responsibilities include any duties as defined by VHA or local directives such as assisting with the completion of outstanding or required Clinical Reminders and Columbia Suicide Severity Risk Scale (C-SSRS)/or SI evaluation as indicated, Suicide Behavior and Overdose Reports (SBOR), and Safety Plans as they become due, needed, or indicated per Veteran's need. 14. Maintaining a Pro-ACT Certification (Acute & Intensive MH Programs only) and PMDB (level as defined by leadership). 15. Other duties as designed by the IMPACT Unit Co-Section Chiefs and/or ANE/Mental Health which includes cross coverage in all programs in IU#1. Preferred Experience: Bachelors degree in Nursing; 2 years MH Experience in the last 3 years; and Psychiatric MH Board Certification (PMH-BC) 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: 1930-0800 Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment U. S. 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. You may be required to serve a probationary period. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. 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). Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. Qualifications Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U. S. C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD). Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i. e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.) NOTE: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualificatio
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