Description du poste
The Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Registered Nurse provides compassionate, direct patient care using an innovative, noninvasive treatment for depression. This full-time role works closely with a small team of providers and nursing staff while gaining certification in coordinating and administering brain-stimulation techniques for both clinical care and research. The RN demonstrates strong clinical skills, empathy, and the ability to connect effectively with patients and the care team.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
The Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Registered Nurse delivers compassionate, patient-centered care using an innovative, noninvasive treatment for depression. In this full-time role, the RN collaborates with a dedicated team of providers and nursing staff while obtaining TMS certification and supporting both clinical operations and research initiatives. This position requires exceptional clinical competence, empathy, and the ability to communicate effectively with Veterans and interdisciplinary team members. Core TMS Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Providing excellent, compassionate patient care while developing trust and rapport with Veterans undergoing TMS treatment. Offering reflective listening and emotional support to Veterans experiencing depression and/or anxiety; monitoring for medical emergencies such as seizures and providing appropriate interventions. Explaining and administering TMS procedures; functioning autonomously under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and direction of the TMS Program Coordinator. Collaborating with patients and interdisciplinary team members to develop individualized plans of care. Maintaining confidentiality and following all established treatment protocols and clinic procedures. Ensuring physician coverage for all treatments; administering, monitoring, and documenting TMS sessions. Supporting research by administering and scoring depression rating scales and ensuring patient completion of self-rating scales every five days. Providing patient/family education, performing no-show outreach, and maintaining the TMS safety training logbook. Maintaining NeuroStar TMS certification; scheduling annual machine maintenance; ordering clinic supplies; cleaning equipment and performing turnover between treatments; tracking treatments for accurate billing. Orienting and training students, residents, and providers pursuing TMS credentialing. Participating in weekly TMS meetings, monthly provider calls, annual MHBS Health Fair, and ongoing performance improvement initiatives. Outpatient Mental Health RN scope of duties include, but are not limited to: Coordinating care for Veterans within the Mental Health Clinic as part of an interdisciplinary team. Engaging in therapeutic communication, de-escalation practices, and recovery-oriented, Veteran-centered care. Participating in team huddles and treatment discussions. Performing structured clinical assessments, comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, medication/illness education, and administering long-acting psychiatric injections. Providing crisis intervention and triage (phone and face-to-face), responding to secure messages, and triaging mental health consults. Completing CPRS reminders, maintaining treatment plans, assisting with voluntary/involuntary hospitalization processes-including one-to-one supervision as needed. Co-facilitating therapy or orientation groups; collaborating with families when appropriate; participating in unit-based shared governance and performance improvement activities. 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
À propos de Veterans Health Administration
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? The VA Tampa Healthcare System provides you with outstanding health care, trains America's future health care providers, and conducts important medical research. We provide you with health care services at 20 locations in central Florida. Facilities include our James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa and 16 community-based outpatient clinics in Brooksville, Hidden River (Tampa), Lakeland, Lecanto, New Port Richey, South Hillsborough (Riverview), and Zephyrhills. We also maintain 2 mobile clinics for Veterans who can't easily visit one of our facilities, and we offer a domiciliary in Tampa for Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The VA