Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health Nights, Full time

Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health Department

Bring your passion to Texas Health So We Are Better Together

Work location: Texas Health Dallas 8200 Walnut Hill Ln Dallas TX 75231

Work hours: Full Time Nights - Varying overnight shifts including rotating weekends

Behavioral Health Department highlights:

Busy outpatient clinic consists of Partial Hospital Programs and Intensive Out-Patient Program with consistent volume serving adults with cooccurring behavior health and chemical dependency needs

Professional nurses will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the safety and treatment of patients participating in the day hospital program

Professional nurses will participate in treatment team meetings as needed and will teach nursing groups three times a week for patients in womens co-ed and chemical dependency groups

Heres What You Need

Nursing Diploma required OR

Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program required

BSN preferred

Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program or nursing diplomarequired

BCLS prior to hire

BCPMHN upon hire required

ACPI (30 days within hire)

One-year experience as a clinical nurse or completion of an RN residency program required

One year of Behavioral Health experience strongly preferred

RN must practice within the regulations of the Texas Nurse Practice Act serve as a role model intra/interdisciplinary collaborator and coordinator for quality patient care

One-year experience as a clinical nurse or completion of an RN residency program required

One year of Behavioral Health experience strongly preferred

RN must practice within the regulations of the Texas Nurse Practice Act serve as a role model intra/interdisciplinary collaborator and coordinator for quality patient care

What You Will Do

Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process

Assesses the patient

Plans for the care of the patient

Interventions as appropriate

Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions

Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.

Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information

Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift inter-hospital and while expediting out of hospital transfers.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Behavioral Health Therapist

Benefits include 401k PTO medical dental Paid Parental Leave flex spending tuition reimbursement student loan repayment programs as well as several other benefits.

Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

A supportive team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Entity Highlights:

Texas Health Hospital Dallas is an 898-bed Magnet-designated hospital and recognized clinical program leader having provided compassionate care to the residents of Dallas and surrounding communities since 1966. A full-service regional referral center Texas Health Dallas has approximately 3500 employees and 1100 physicians on its medical staff and offers a full range of services including cancer care cardiology neurosciences orthopedics senior care womens services and a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit. Texas Health Dallas has been recognized as a U.S. News and World Report Best Hospital in multiple specialties and is an accredited Cycle IV Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The hospital is also a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence a certified Emergency Stroke Care center and was named Best Place to Have a Baby in Dallas County in invite you to join us in furthering your career and our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence.

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