Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health - Full time; Days

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, Days - 7:00a - 7:00p

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 women’s, co-ed, and chemical dependency groups

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, Days - 7:00a - 7:00p

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 women’s, co-ed, and chemical dependency groups

Here’s 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 diploma required

· 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).