RN II (Nights) - Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center / HCPC

Job Description

UTHealth Houston’s John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center, the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country, is hiring Registered Nurses to join their team of professionals on the night shift. For these positions, the ideal candidate will have psychiatric nursing experience, be comfortable working with the patient population, and be willing and able to work night shift.

The John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston, inclusive of the Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC), offers individualized inpatient treatment options for a variety of behavioral health disorders across the 23 units on-site. These units include treatment in child / adolescent, adult / geriatric, co-occurring disease, psychosis, and competency restoration units.

Schedule : Night Shift, 7pm-7am. Nurses work 7 shifts in a two-week period (3 / 4 split matrix schedule)

Orientation Schedule : All new hires will go through a 4-week mandatory orientation process :

• 2 Week Hospital Wide Education Orientation : 8 : 00am – 4 : 30pm
• 2 Week Unit-Based Orientation : The shifts are a combination of approximately 2 shifts working 7am and approximately 5 shifts working 7pm.

Please note : All new hires are brought in for the night shift. If moving to the day shift is the goal, your name will be placed on the waitlist for the internal movement into a day position, once available. This could take 6 months or longer.

Position Summary :

Assesses patients’ medical and psychiatric needs and provides professional nursing care in response to this assessment. Directs and supervises the delivery of care by other nursing team members (LVNs and Psychiatric Technicians) in an inpatient psychiatric setting.

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