Rn Jobs in St Cloud

About The Position

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying foreign nursing education and degree equivalency as applicable.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a qualifying Graduate Nurse Technician exception may apply while pursuing licensure.
• Meet the education and experience criteria for the assigned VA nurse grade and level.
• Pass a pre-employment physical evaluation or examination.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Selected applicants are subject to drug testing, background/security investigation, and online onboarding requirements.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• May be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete application requirements in the announcement's Required Documents section.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent, evidence-based care to patients.
• Assist in directing nursing education, orientation, and competency development.
• Contribute to quality improvement and efforts to enhance outcomes and utilization.
• Provide patient-centered and recovery-oriented care to patients living with substance use disorders and/or mental health conditions.
• Facilitate shift reports, warm hand-offs, and nurse-led psychoeducational groups.
• Use therapeutic communication and de-escalation techniques and recovery-oriented language.
• Provide oversight of the patient safe medication management program.
• Participate in the mental health interdisciplinary treatment team and patient safety and environment-of-care rounds.
• Respond to psychiatric and medical care needs and emergencies as directed.
• Report safety concerns and document nursing assessments, risk screens, nursing plans of care, and safety and environment-of-care rounds according to facility policy.
• Maintain professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the patient's best interest.
• Demonstrate competence in practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 50 days of paid time off per year, comprising 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.