Registered Nurse- Outpatient Mental Health
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". We must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The posting includes many details: Summary, Qualifications (basic requirements, grade determinations), Physical Requirements, Duties (major duties), Work Schedule (intermittent), etc. Also Preferred Experience, Whole Health System description. There's no explicit Pay, Benefits, Skills sections. We can create sections for Summary (maybe About the role), Responsibilities (Duties), Requirements (Qualifications + Physical Requirements), maybe Skills (Preferred Experience?), Schedule (Work Schedule). Benefits not present, so omit. Pay not present, omit.
We must not invent content. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to decide headings: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications + physical requirements), Skills (preferred experience maybe), Schedule (work schedule). Ensure we only include sections with real content.
Let's extract content:
Summary: "The psychiatric Mental Health (MH) clinic Registered Nurse (RN) will assist in directing the provision of nursing education - orientation - competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation. This RN will independently provides patient-centered and recovery-oriented care and maintains self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions. This is a Temporary Not To Exceed 1 year position"
Qualifications: Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency..., Graduate of a school..., etc. Very long. Also Grade Determinations with tables. Also Physical Requirements: "You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of examination."
Duties: "Major duties included but are not limited to:" then bullet list (though not using bullet syntax but sentences). We'll need to convert to
- .
Work Schedule: "Work Schedule: Intermittent -This is an intermittent positionIntermittent employment is defined as non-fulltime employment in which employees are appointed without a regularly scheduled tour of dutyWork is sporadic and unpredictable so that a tour of duty may not be regularly scheduled in advanceExpected availability for this position is one - 8-hour shifts per biweekly pay periodAdditional hours may be scheduled as neededShifts may be scheduled Monday-FridayTypical hours the incumbent may be expected to work are 0700-15300730-1600 - 0800-1630 - or 0930-1800Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual positionRelocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized"
Preferred Experience: "Preferred Experience: 2 years of Mental Health Experience"
Whole Health System description: paragraph about VA Midwest Health Care Network etc.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So include that description maybe under About the role or a separate section like "About the organization". But headings limited to given list; we could put under About the role.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
Now produce HTML.
We'll structure:
About the role
... summary + Whole Health System description maybe.
Responsibilities
- ... each duty
Requirements
... qualifications basic requirements + grade determinations + physical requirements.
Could also split but we can keep as one.
Skills
Preferred Experience: 2 years of Mental Health Experience
Schedule
... work schedule details.
We must not include headings with empty content. All have content.
Now need to extract duties list precisely.
Duties text: "Major duties included but are not limited to: Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient careAssumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education - self-management - and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of careFollows procedures per established policies and guidelinesInfluences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary teamResponsible for providing competent - evidence-based care to assigned patientsFacilitates warm hand-offs - tele-mental health care - and nurse-led psychoeducational groupsuse therapeutic communication techniques - practice de-escalation techniques - utilize recovery-oriented language - and provide Veterans - their family members - and/or significant others with education regarding their illness - medications - and treatment plan using face-to-face - telephone - and virtual modalitiesParticipates in care coordination - liaising with inpatient MH units to facilitate continuity of care - MH interdisciplinary treatment team huddles and meetings - and responds to psychiatric and medical emergencies - providing information about the crisis hotline - as pertinentReports and addresses safety concerns - document nursing triage assessments - risk screens - clinical reminders - injections - medication cassette refill management - Battlefield Acupuncture - patient plan of care - and all other required documentation in accordance with facility policyLeads the provision of nursing care to patients with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing PracticeApplies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning - decision making - and evaluating outcomes within the immediate practice setting"
We need to split into sensible list items. Could break at each capitalized verb start? We'll approximate each sentence.
Let's split:
- Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care
- Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care
- Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines
- Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team
- Responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients
- Facilitates warm hand-offs, tele-mental health care, and nurse-led psychoeducational groups
- Use therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, utilize recovery-oriented language, and provide Veterans, their family members, and/or significant others with education regarding their illness, medications, and treatment plan using face-to-face, telephone, and virtual modalities
- Participates in care coordination - liaising with inpatient MH units to facilitate continuity of care, MH interdisciplinary treatment team huddles and meetings, and responds to psychiatric and medical emergencies - providing information about the crisis hotline, as pertinent
- Reports and addresses safety concerns - document nursing triage assessments, risk screens, clinical reminders, injections, medication cassette refill management, Battlefield Acupuncture, patient plan of care, and all other required documentation in accordance with facility policy
- Leads the provision of nursing care to patients with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice
- Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision making, and evaluating outcomes within the immediate practice setting
We'll put each as - .
Now Requirements: need to include basic requirements (English proficiency, graduation, licensure, foreign education equivalency, GNT exception, grandfathering provision) and grade determinations (detailed). Also Physical Requirements.
We'll need to preserve all substantive info; we can summarize but must not invent or summarize away detail. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." That means we cannot omit details; we must keep them. However we can keep them as prose paragraphs, not necessarily bullet list unless it's a list. The basic requirements are a list of conditions; we could put them as
- . That would preserve detail.
Grade determinations is a long table; we could keep as paragraphs but it's detailed. Might be okay to keep as
with the text as is. But we need to preserve all detail; we can copy the text.
Physical Requirements: short.
Thus Requirements section will have multiple
for basic requirements and maybe for grade determinations and physical requirements.
But we must not create headings like "Basic Requirements" unless it's a subsection; but we can just include content under Requirements heading.
We'll produce:
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.
- Education: 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: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Alternative: 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).
- Foreign graduates: 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).
- Licensure: 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.)
- 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: The following 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/13064212
Nurse I – Level I: Delivers fundamental – knowledge‑based care to assigned clients while developing technical competencies. An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing – with no additional professional nursing required.
Nurse I – Level II: Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts – cognitive skills and technically competent practice in providing care to clients with basic or complex. An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 1 year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I – Level 1; OR a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional professional nursing experience required.
Nurse I – Level III:
for prose. We need to decide headings: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications + physical requirements), Skills (preferred experience maybe), Schedule (work schedule). Ensure we only include sections with real content. Let's extract content: Summary: "The psychiatric Mental Health (MH) clinic Registered Nurse (RN) will assist in directing the provision of nursing education - orientation - competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation. This RN will independently provides patient-centered and recovery-oriented care and maintains self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions. This is a Temporary Not To Exceed 1 year position" Qualifications: Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency..., Graduate of a school..., etc. Very long. Also Grade Determinations with tables. Also Physical Requirements: "You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of examination." Duties: "Major duties included but are not limited to:" then bullet list (though not using bullet syntax but sentences). We'll need to convert to
- .
Work Schedule: "Work Schedule: Intermittent -This is an intermittent positionIntermittent employment is defined as non-fulltime employment in which employees are appointed without a regularly scheduled tour of dutyWork is sporadic and unpredictable so that a tour of duty may not be regularly scheduled in advanceExpected availability for this position is one - 8-hour shifts per biweekly pay periodAdditional hours may be scheduled as neededShifts may be scheduled Monday-FridayTypical hours the incumbent may be expected to work are 0700-15300730-1600 - 0800-1630 - or 0930-1800Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual positionRelocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized"
Preferred Experience: "Preferred Experience: 2 years of Mental Health Experience"
Whole Health System description: paragraph about VA Midwest Health Care Network etc.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So include that description maybe under About the role or a separate section like "About the organization". But headings limited to given list; we could put under About the role.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
Now produce HTML.
We'll structure:
About the role
... summary + Whole Health System description maybe.
Responsibilities
- ... each duty
Requirements
... qualifications basic requirements + grade determinations + physical requirements.
Could also split but we can keep as one.Skills
Preferred Experience: 2 years of Mental Health Experience
Schedule
... work schedule details.
We must not include headings with empty content. All have content. Now need to extract duties list precisely. Duties text: "Major duties included but are not limited to: Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient careAssumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education - self-management - and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of careFollows procedures per established policies and guidelinesInfluences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary teamResponsible for providing competent - evidence-based care to assigned patientsFacilitates warm hand-offs - tele-mental health care - and nurse-led psychoeducational groupsuse therapeutic communication techniques - practice de-escalation techniques - utilize recovery-oriented language - and provide Veterans - their family members - and/or significant others with education regarding their illness - medications - and treatment plan using face-to-face - telephone - and virtual modalitiesParticipates in care coordination - liaising with inpatient MH units to facilitate continuity of care - MH interdisciplinary treatment team huddles and meetings - and responds to psychiatric and medical emergencies - providing information about the crisis hotline - as pertinentReports and addresses safety concerns - document nursing triage assessments - risk screens - clinical reminders - injections - medication cassette refill management - Battlefield Acupuncture - patient plan of care - and all other required documentation in accordance with facility policyLeads the provision of nursing care to patients with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing PracticeApplies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning - decision making - and evaluating outcomes within the immediate practice setting" We need to split into sensible list items. Could break at each capitalized verb start? We'll approximate each sentence. Let's split: - Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care - Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care - Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines - Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team - Responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients - Facilitates warm hand-offs, tele-mental health care, and nurse-led psychoeducational groups - Use therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, utilize recovery-oriented language, and provide Veterans, their family members, and/or significant others with education regarding their illness, medications, and treatment plan using face-to-face, telephone, and virtual modalities - Participates in care coordination - liaising with inpatient MH units to facilitate continuity of care, MH interdisciplinary treatment team huddles and meetings, and responds to psychiatric and medical emergencies - providing information about the crisis hotline, as pertinent - Reports and addresses safety concerns - document nursing triage assessments, risk screens, clinical reminders, injections, medication cassette refill management, Battlefield Acupuncture, patient plan of care, and all other required documentation in accordance with facility policy - Leads the provision of nursing care to patients with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice - Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision making, and evaluating outcomes within the immediate practice setting We'll put each as - .
Now Requirements: need to include basic requirements (English proficiency, graduation, licensure, foreign education equivalency, GNT exception, grandfathering provision) and grade determinations (detailed). Also Physical Requirements.
We'll need to preserve all substantive info; we can summarize but must not invent or summarize away detail. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." That means we cannot omit details; we must keep them. However we can keep them as prose paragraphs, not necessarily bullet list unless it's a list. The basic requirements are a list of conditions; we could put them as
- . That would preserve detail.
Grade determinations is a long table; we could keep as paragraphs but it's detailed. Might be okay to keep as
with the text as is. But we need to preserve all detail; we can copy the text. Physical Requirements: short. Thus Requirements section will have multiple
- for basic requirements and maybe
- 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.
- Education: 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: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Alternative: 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).
- Foreign graduates: 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).
- Licensure: 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.)
- 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.
for grade determinations and physical requirements. But we must not create headings like "Basic Requirements" unless it's a subsection; but we can just include content under Requirements heading. We'll produce:
Requirements
Grade Determinations: The following 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/13064212
Nurse I – Level I: Delivers fundamental – knowledge‑based care to assigned clients while developing technical competencies. An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing – with no additional professional nursing required.
Nurse I – Level II: Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts – cognitive skills and technically competent practice in providing care to clients with basic or complex. An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 1 year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I – Level 1; OR a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional professional nursing experience required.
Nurse I – Level III:
- . That would preserve detail.
Grade determinations is a long table; we could keep as paragraphs but it's detailed. Might be okay to keep as