Registered Nurse-Transition to Practice (Mental Health)

Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is in Nursing Service, Mental Health (8 East Inpatient) at the VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, located in West Haven, CT. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. This position requires applicants to be in their first professional RN role with less than 2080 hours (1 year full-time equivalent) of RN experience.

• This Registered Nurse-Transition to Practice position is located in Nursing Service at the West Haven location. The RN-TTP is a graduate nurse serving in their first professional role. The Registered Nurse-TTP is a graduate nurse who uses the nursing process and evidence-based practice in collaboration with the patient health care team in developing and providing patient-driven plan of care. The RN-TTP is responsible for collaborating with services internal and external to the VA to facilitate care to effectively meet the patients' needs. The Registered Nurse-TTP provides patient and family health education with a focus on self-management, prevention and wellness based on patients' goals. 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: Various tours with Day/Evening rotation, which also includes weekends and holidays. Rotation to nights as needed, after completion of the residency program. Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized by Supervisor. Telework: Not eligible. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required. Notifications: This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position. Selectee may be required to work at any VA Connecticut Healthcare System campus, as needed. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is in the Excepted Service. The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.

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