Registered Nurse - Inpatient Mental Health

About the role

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT for an Intermittent Registered Nurse position within the Mental Health Service Line with the NWI VA Health Care System & will remain open until closing date or until all positions are filled. Qualified applicants will be referred to hiring managers at regular intervals.

Responsibilities

• Attends - observes - and leads nurse-led psychoeducational groups - uses therapeutic communication techniques - practices de-escalation techniques - and utilizes recovery-oriented language
• Participates in shift report and warm hand-off - MH interdisciplinary treatment team - MH Environment of Care rounds - and responds to psychiatric emergencies as directed
• Identify safety concerns and hazardous items to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment of care
• Documents nursing assessments - nursing plan of care - and patient safety observations
• Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines
• Affirms age-specific components of care
• Assesses - plans - implements - and evaluates care based on age-specific components
• Works two - 8 hour shifts or one - 12 hour shift per pay biweekly pay period
• Works day and night shift

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency - 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)
• 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
• 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 qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency - 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)
• 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
• 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 qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification

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