Registered Nurse (Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program)

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) Registered Nurse executes their position duties by providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care and maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with substance use disorder and/or Mental Health conditions.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpaTtyybXFQ Major Duties: Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Execute position responsibilities to improve patient and organizational outcomes. Execute their position duties by providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care and maintain self-awareness while caring for patients living with substance use disorder and/or mental health conditions. Facilitate shift reports, warm hand-offs, and develop content as well as facilitiate nurse-led psychoeducational groups. Use therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, utilize recovery-oriented language, and provide oversight of the patient safe medication management program. Demonstrate the ability to work with and lead mental health interdisciplinary teams and work collaboratively with others as well as independently. Promote critical thinking, participate in patient safety and environment of care rounds, direct team response to psychiatric and medical care needs and emergencies, report safety concerns, and assist and/or direct safety concern resolution. Document nursing assessments, risk screens, measurement-based care tools, nursing plan of care, patient safety rounds, and environment of care rounds according to facility policy. Maintain professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient. Provide peers with formal and informal constructive feedback for improvement. Support colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care. Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals. 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: 7:30 PM - 8:00 AM or 7:30 AM - 8:00 PM Compressed/Flexible: Authorized Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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