Registered Nurse (Inpatient Mental Health)

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Summary: eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - student loan payment reimbursement program. Must meet eligibility per VHA policy and submit EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review. Former EDRP participants ineligible. - Qualifications: Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency (must be proficient). Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by ACEN or 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 qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification. - Grade Determinations: Scope - Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates - and if appropriate - the level within a grade. The Dimension requirements (Practice - Veteran/Patient Driven Care - Leadership - Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13056826 Then list Grade/Level Scope Education for Nurse I - Level I, II, III, Nurse II, Nurse III. - Preferred Experience: 3 years experience in direct patient care. - Physical Requirements: description. - Duties: list of duties. - 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: Shiftwork. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact amber.guinotte@VA.Gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized. We need to output sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (maybe basic requirements?), Qualifications (grade determinations etc.), Skills (maybe not present?), Benefits (total rewards), Pay (maybe part of benefits?), Schedule (work schedule). We must only include sections if there is real specific content. We have content for About the role: summary about EDRP eligibility. That's substantive. Responsibilities: duties list. Requirements: maybe basic requirements (English proficiency, education, licensure) plus preferred experience? Could be separate. Qualifications: grade determinations and scope/education details. Skills: not explicitly listed; maybe not needed. Benefits: total rewards package details. Pay: maybe part of benefits but we could separate Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards. However the posting lumps Pay within total rewards. We could still create a Pay section with that content if we consider it specific. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might combine Pay into Benefits. But we have separate Benefits heading allowed. Could include Pay as part of Benefits. However we need to decide. Schedule: Work Schedule: Shiftwork. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. That's schedule info. We must not include sections with filler like "not specified". We have actual content. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Schedule. We could also include Skills if we extract any skill mentions: therapeutic communication techniques, de-escalation, recovery-oriented language, etc. Those are in duties. Could be considered skills but we already have duties. Better to keep sections minimal: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Schedule. Now we need to format: Use

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  for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists or paragraphs. We must not repeat job title. Not include ID etc. We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The posting includes some like "Contact amber.guinotte@VA.Gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistanceLearn more". That's contact info; is that boilerplate? It's not exactly boilerplate but it's contact for EDRP. Might be considered application instruction? It's contact for questions. Might be considered application instruction? The instruction says remove application instructions. Contact info could be considered application instruction. Safer to remove it. Also "Learn more" etc. Remove. Also remove "Former EDRP participants ineligible." appears twice; we can keep once. We need to include all substantive info: EDRP eligibility, award amount up to $200,000, eligibility period one to five years, former EDRP participants ineligible, must submit application within four months of appointment. Qualifications: English language proficiency, graduation from approved school, ACEN/CCNE, bridge program, foreign school registration, equivalency validation, current full active unrestricted registration, GNT exception, grandfathering provision. Grade Determinations: mention dimension requirements and link. Then list each grade/level scope education details. Preferred Experience: 3 years experience in direct patient care. Physical Requirements: description. Duties: list. Benefits: total rewards package details: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards; Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave - 13 days sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year); Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% 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: Shiftwork; Telework: Not Available; Virtual: This is not a virtual position; Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized; EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive; Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized; PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized. We need to decide what goes into Benefits vs Schedule. Benefits could include Pay, PTO, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure. Schedule includes Work Schedule, Telework, Virtual, Relocation/Recruitment Incentives, EDRP Authorized? Actually EDRP is incentive but maybe part of Benefits? It's a program. Could be part of Benefits. But we already have EDRP in About the role. Might duplicate. Better to keep EDRP info in About the role only. The Benefits section can include Pay, PTO, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure. The Schedule section can include Work Schedule, Telework, Virtual, Relocation/Recruitment Incentives, PCS, PCS AVO. We must not include filler like "Not authorized" etc? That's substantive: indicates not available. It's okay. Now we need to format. Let's craft HTML:

  About the role

  This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. Applicants must meet VHA eligibility requirements and submit an EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program approval determines award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) via the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services office. Former EDRP participants are ineligible.

  Responsibilities

  • Executes position duties to improve patient and organizational outcomes by providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care, maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with Mental Health (MH) conditions, and managing the milieu.
  • Facilitates shift reports, warm hand-offs, and develops content as well as facilitates nurse-led psychoeducational groups.
  • Uses therapeutic communication techniques, practices de-escalation techniques, and utilizes recovery-oriented language.
  • Participates in MH interdisciplinary treatment team, MH Environment of Care rounds, directs team response to psychiatric emergencies, reports safety concerns, and assists in safety concern resolution.
  • Documents nursing assessments, nursing plan of care, patient safety observations, and environmental safety rounds according to facility policy.
  • Maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient.
  • Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
  • Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for MH patients.
  • Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
  • Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
  • Evaluates MH outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
  • Responsible for the documented MH outcomes at the program or service level; program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.

  Requirements

  • English Language Proficiency: must be proficient in basic written and spoken English (38 U.S.C.