Duties

The Registered Nurse (RN) is assigned to a Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) within the Mental Health Nursing in the VA Healthcare System. RN demonstrates the possession of advanced practice skill and judgment. RN is expected to provide consultation as well as guidance to colleagues and providers within their scope of practice. In addition, the incumbent is expected to role model effective interventions, skills, and strategies working with Veterans within the PCMHI who require mental health care. The incumbent provides assessment triage, suicide and/or homicide prevention, education, brief counseling, behavior management, treatment planning, treatment referrals and follow-up, care coordination, and influencing adherence to guidelines by providing "on-time, on-target" information to primary care physicians, and collaboratively making appropriate care decisions.

The RN PCMHI Collaborative Care Manager should be at the bachelor's or master's degree level with at least 2 years of experience in research or clinical settings.

the RN will be responsible for interacting clinically with primary care clinicians, the patients, and their families, the RN will be selected in part for their experience with, and sensitivity to, the kinds of patients and providers participating in the PCMHI Team. The incumbent will follow all guidance concerning completion of all documentation. The incumbent will be expected to provide orientation to less experienced RN PCMHI Collaborative Care Manager as well as develop innovations in practice interventions.

Duties specific to PCMHI Collaborative Care Manager include:

Requirements

Qualifications