Registered Nurse-Outpatient Tele Mental Health-EDRP - Abilene, Texas - Mental Health
Company: George H O'Brien Jr VA Medical Center
Location: Abilene
Posted on: May 20, 2023
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Job Description:
Registered Nurse-Outpatient Tele Mental Health-EDRP - Abilene,
Texas
Duties
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
The Nurse is responsible and accountable for all elements of the
nursing process when providing and/or supervising mental health
patient care in the delivery of evidence based care to identify a
variety of emotional and psychiatric problems including Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety disorders,
alcohol misuse, etc. As an active member of the Mental Health team
the incumbent will be responsible for collaboratively making
appropriate care decisions, monitoring patients, providing
education, and support in the Veteran's treatment and therapy to
meet the best interests of Veterans' well-being. Administers
medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
Collaboration of care is accomplished with other members of the
treatment team or other interdisciplinary treatment teams as
appropriate. The incumbent demonstrates clinical knowledge in the
profession, provides consultation and guidance to colleagues, role
models effective clinical practice skills, teaches or provides
orientation to less experienced staff, develops innovations in
practice interventions, and may provide clinical supervision. The
incumbent assesses suicide/homicide risks, evaluates depression,
and substance abuse history and onset and any other routine mental
health risk factors and advises the physician of these concerns.
The incumbent may be assigned in settings where they have no access
to direct clinical supervision, such as community-based outpatient
clinics (CBOCs) or satellite outpatient clinics. The incumbent will
be assigned to work with special patient populations with highly
complex health or mental health problems.
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, 08:00am-04:30pm
Telework: Available Ad Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact , the EDRP Coordinator for
questions/assistance
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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