Registered Nurse - Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery (ICMHR)

Veterans Health Administration • Togus, ME

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is an integral member of the multidisciplinary Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery Services treatment team, providing mental health care to veteran patients living in the community. The program aims to help patients live productively in the community and reduce hospital readmissions through coordinated care and services. It requires two to three visits per week to deliver nursing care, coordination, and care management. The position includes community- and office-based programming, including individual, group, and telehealth services. Role-specific competencies and duties will be assigned and evaluated.

The position is Monday through Friday, 0730–1600, and is not virtual. It requires extensive daily travel for patient visits and transportation of patients according to treatment plans. The position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to VHA eligibility and application requirements. EDRP approval, award amount (up to $200,000), and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA program office; former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated VA education provisions and exceptions.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the Graduate Nurse Technician exception described in the posting.
• Meet the education, nursing experience, and dimension criteria for the applicable Nurse grade and level.
• Physically able to satisfactorily perform the duties; a pre-placement physical examination is required.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Complete required pre-employment screening, credentialing, onboarding, and application documentation; selected applicants in testing-designated positions are subject to urinalysis.
• Register for Selective Service if applicable to males born after December 31, 1959.
• Participate in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Submit an EDRP application within four months of appointment if seeking EDRP participation; eligibility is subject to VHA policy.

Nice To Haves

• Two to three years of mental health nursing case management experience.
• Experience working with the severely mentally ill population.
• Experience providing care in the community.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care, coordination, and care management through two to three patient visits per week.
• Deliver community- and office-based individual, group, and telehealth programming, including telephone, CVT, and VVC services.
• Provide complex clinical case management using the nursing process.
• Travel extensively for patient visits and transport patients according to treatment plans.
• Develop, implement, and maintain interdisciplinary, psychosocial, recovery-based treatment plans with personal, self-directed goals.
• Manage medications in the community.
• Provide telephone triage for ICMHR program participants.
• Provide individual and group education.
• Manage care for patients with suicidal concerns, persistent severe mental illness, PTSD, substance use disorders, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders.
• Conduct community outreach and develop professional partnerships.
• Manage consultations.
• Undertake peer and preceptor responsibilities for complex patient care.

Benefits

• Eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program, with a potential award of up to $200,000 over an eligibility period of one to five years, subject to approval and eligibility.
• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree