RN - Outpatient Mental Health: Patient-Centered Care

Preferra Insurance; Newark (OH); Vor Ort; USD 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Newark VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic seeks an experienced Registered Nurse for Outpatient Mental Health to provide patient-centered care and coordinate treatment plans for Veterans.

Responsibilities include nursing assessments, care coordination with interdisciplinary teams, education for Veterans and families, and leadership in managing care for patients with mental health conditions. Work is Monday through Friday with standard federal benefits.

Qualifikationen

• 1+ year in behavioral/psychiatric nursing, including assessments, IM meds, care coordination, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Assigned duties include outpatient MH RN responsibilities to improve patient and org outcomes.
• Provide patient-centered, recovery-oriented MH care.
• Facilitate care coordination with MH units, team huddles and psychoeducational groups.
• Use therapeutic communication and educate Veterans and families about illness, meds, and plan.
• Support safety issue resolution and collaborate with leadership to improve outcomes.
• Direct team response to psychiatric/medical emergencies.
• Demonstrate leadership in complex client care.
• Document triage assessments, risk screens, and care plans per policy.
• Maintain professional boundaries.
• Provide feedback to peers.
• Support colleagues through knowledge sharing.
• Foster safe environment for professional development.

Aufgaben

• Newark CBOC Nurse Preferred Experience for position 91434437: At least one (1) year of experience in behavioral health or psychiatric-mental health nursing - including conducting nursing assessments - administering and monitoring response to long-acting injectable medications - coordinating patient care - and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to support treatment planning - access to care - and continuity of services
• Assigned duties but not limited to: The Nurse Outpatient Mental Health (MH) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities to improve patient and organizational outcomes
• The psychiatric MH RN executes their position duties by providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care and maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions
• The MH RN facilitates care coordination - linking with the Inpatient MH Units to facilitate continuity of care - MH interdisciplinary treatment team huddles and meetings - warm hand-offs - and develops content as well as facilitates nurse-led psychoeducational groups
• The MH RN uses therapeutic communication techniques - practices de-escalation techniques - utilizes recovery-oriented language - and provides Veterans - their family members - and/or significant others with education regarding their illness - medications - and treatment plan
• The MH RN reports and assists and/or directs safety concern resolution and collaborates with program leadership to help improve patient and program outcomes
• and directs team response to psychiatric and medical emergencies
• The MH RN executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership - experience - and creative approaches to management of complex client care
• The MH RN documents nursing triage assessments - risk screens - measurement-based care tools - clinical reminders - and patient plan of care according to facility policy
• The MH RN maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient
• Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement
• Supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe - quality nursing care
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals

Kenntnisse

Behavioral health nursing

Psychiatric-mental health nursing

Nursing assessment

Care coordination

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Ausbildung

ADN or Diploma in Nursing

BSN

MSN

Jobbeschreibung

The Newark VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic seeks an experienced Registered Nurse for Outpatient Mental Health to provide patient-centered care and coordinate treatment plans for Veterans.

Responsibilities include nursing assessments, care coordination with interdisciplinary teams, education for Veterans and families, and leadership in managing care for patients with mental health conditions. Work is Monday through Friday with standard federal benefits.