Ozark Center
Hiring organization · Based in Joplin, MO
- 1
- open role, live count
- 2.4
- Google rating
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
Benefits
Medical benefits are described by staff as an area that could be better; no fuller benefits detail is on file.
What stands out
Experienced nurses
On Urgent Behavioral Services you support physicians and APNs with triage, monitoring, and education for people managing mental illness and substance use recovery.
Moving here
The work is centered in Joplin, Missouri, where the cost of living sits about 14% below the national level and Missouri is a compact-license state.
Experienced nurses
Coworkers get described as tight-knit and supportive, with staff who say they believe in the mission.
As of 2025-06-06Source: glassdoor.sg
Experienced nurses
Overtime is described as always available in substance-use aid roles, with coworkers and clients generally viewed favorably.
As of 2024-06-10Source: glassdoor.sg
More about working here
New graduates
Scheduling has been called flexible by admin staff, though RN physical demands include irregular hours and stretches up to twelve hours.
As of 2025-06-06Source: glassdoor.sg
Experienced nurses
Long-term care here has held an LPN for more than ten years, so staying power is part of the picture.
Travel nurses
Substance-use and mental-health therapy roles cover varied client ages, including crisis work, if that is the census you want.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Flexible job and schedule noted by admin employee; RN physical demands include up to 12-hour periods and irregular hours
As of 2025-06-06Source: glassdoor.sg
- Pay and benefits
- Admin employee described pay as decent for their position
As of 2025-06-06Source: glassdoor.sg
- Pay and benefits
- Always overtime available (Substance Use Aid role)
As of 2024-06-10Source: glassdoor.sg
- Pay and benefits
- Long-tenured staff report new hires with zero experience paid more than them
As of 2024-06-10Source: glassdoor.sg
The city
Living in Joplin, MO
Joplin sits in southwest Missouri near the Kansas and Oklahoma borders, offering a small-city feel with outdoor access at Grand Falls and Wildcat Glades. Nurses relocating here find a tight-knit community, affordable living, and regional healthcare employers anchored by Mercy and Freeman health systems.
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- Metro price level · Joplin area
- 14% below the national average
- BEA index 85.7 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $962/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $52,097/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You would be stepping into behavioral health work in Joplin — triage, monitoring, and education on Urgent Behavioral Services beside physicians and APNs, or longer-stay and substance-use lanes if that fits you better. The RN side reports to the Director of Urgent Care Services.
More about Ozark Center
Expect a TB test on hire, irregular hours, stretches that can run up to twelve hours, and lifts up to fifty pounds (a hundred with help). People already here talk about tight-knit coworkers and a mission they actually believe in. Overtime shows up as always available in some substance-use roles, and an admin voice has called the schedule flexible. Medical benefits get named as something that could be better. At least one long-tenured substance-use aid watched brand-new hires with no experience land higher pay and got nowhere when they took it upstairs. Joplin runs below the national cost of living, Missouri is a compact-license state, and Freeman sits nearby if you are weighing options.
Staff describe a real belief in the company mission alongside tight-knit coworkers.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Supportive coworkers and mission
- Admin staff cite tight-knit supportive coworkers, flexible schedule, and belief in the company mission.
As of 2025-06-06Source: glassdoor.sg
- Medical benefits
- Medical benefits described as an area that could be better.
As of 2025-06-06Source: glassdoor.sg
- Poor management / no change
- Former mental health therapist cited poor management with little prospect of improvement.
As of 2023-04-20Source: glassdoor.sg
More review themes
- Pay equity for tenured staff
- Long-term substance use aid said brand-new inexperienced hires out-earned veterans; raising it to upper management was dismissed.
As of 2024-06-10Source: glassdoor.sg
- Overtime and coworkers
- Overtime always available; coworkers and clients generally viewed favorably.
As of 2024-06-10Source: glassdoor.sg
What to weigh
Long-tenured staff have reported brand-new hires with no experience earning more than them, and raising it to upper management went nowhere.
As of 2024-06-10Source: glassdoor.sg
The reality check
Before you decide
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A closer look at the units
Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- Psych1 open
Urgent Behavioral Services / Urgent Care (behavioral health)
RN-UBS supports physicians/APNs; triage, monitoring, education for patients managing mental illness/substance use recovery; reports to Director of Urgent Care Services.
Long-term care
Glassdoor review from current LPN in long-term care with more than 10 years tenure.
Substance use / mental health therapy
Reviews reference substance use aid and mental health therapist roles serving various client ages including crisis therapy.
Open roles
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