Eastern Kansas VA Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.
The primary responsibilities of this Registered Nurse may vary by assignment. Those duties may include but not limited to:
- Provide population specific and age specific care for patients from young adulthood to older Veterans/groups in the senior years of life.
- Manage a defined but dynamic caseload of patients in collaboration with an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- Documenting observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition; collaborating with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes; providing a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems; and accountable for meeting and maintaining the qualification standards and functional statements of assigned grade.
- Function as team members and coordinate and provide care for a select group of patients. The requirements entail but are not limited to crisis intervention, teaching, medication management, administering medications, assessments, admissions, discharges, and follow-up care.
- Also collaborates with patients to assess and identify needs, issues, care goals, and resources in critical factors for achieving desired outcomes for discharge from either Mental Health (MH) or Primary Care (PC) setting, post hospital recovery and health maintenance/wellness. Additional duties include, but are not limited to:
- Supporting mental health Veterans for tele-mental health or on ground providers, using phone, face to face, and virtual contacts.
- Providing backup coverage for walk in behavioral health clients needing urgent assessment and working with access providers to provide disposition of urgent or emergent mental health needs.
- Maintains current knowledge of multidisciplinary resources, programs and services, referring patients for community resources as appropriate.
- Assists with the navigation of health care systems and intervenes or refers as needed to facilitate the achievement of patient outcomes.
- Enhances patient self-management by providing information regarding all options, choices, and resources.
- Supports patient-driven care in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner, using evidence-based principles.
- Serves as a resource and advocate in the protection of patient and family rights.
- Guides others in the recognition of and participates in the resolution of ethical issues.
- Provides for safety of at-risk patients awaiting evaluation or admission to acute psychiatry, by ensuring 1:1 observation is maintained at all times.
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: Monday -Friday 0730-4:00PM
Telework: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized up to $10,000
EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact
visn15edrp@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $72,617 Per Year (VN 00)