Registered Nurse Outpatient Mental Health

The incumbent will work as a Registered Nurse in the Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Therapeutic Program (RRTP) Duties include but not limited to: The Mental Health (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, substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) 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 plans. The MH RN reports and assists and/or directs safety