West Oaks Hospital

Specialty Hospital · Houston, TX

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open roles, live count: 176
beds: 3.1
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On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Setting: Specialty Hospital
Shifts hiring now: Days 1

Benefits

West Oaks Hospital, as part of Universal Health Services (UHS), provides employee benefits through the UHS benefits portal (benefits.uhsguest.com).

The city

Living in Houston, TX

Houston is a sprawling, diverse metro where world-class medical centers anchor a booming healthcare economy. The nation's fourth-largest city offers no state income tax, year-round warmth, and a food scene as varied as its population. Bayou-side greenways and museum districts balance the urban energy for nurses seeking opportunity in a place that never stops growing.

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Metro price level · Houston area: 1% below the national average; BEA index 98.6 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $1,361/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $64,813/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

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Who they are

West Oaks Hospital is a 176-bed acute care psychiatric facility located in Houston, Texas, near the Galleria off the Southwest Freeway. The hospital has provided psychiatric care to the Houston area and surrounding communities for over four decades.

Specialty Hospital · Houston
Hiring days
Sign-on bonus · 1 role

More about West Oaks Hospital

It is part of Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the largest healthcare management companies in the U.S., as evidenced by its careers page being hosted on the UHS platform (jobs.uhsinc.com). The facility includes a 16-bed residential treatment center for adult chemical dependency and offers a broad range of behavioral health programs for children, adolescents, and adults. Treatment is offered at multiple levels of care including inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. The hospital operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For nurses, West Oaks offers opportunities in a specialized behavioral health environment with a dedicated Chief Nursing Officer (Carol Hardwick) as part of the leadership team. The facility focuses on comprehensive, patient-centered mental health and substance use treatment, making it a setting suited for nurses interested in psychiatric and behavioral health nursing.

West Oaks Hospital's stated mission centers on providing comprehensive, patient-centered treatment that offers hope and healing to the Houston community. The organization serves children, adolescents, and adults with outpatient and inpatient mental health treatment services, emphasizing compassionate, dedicated professional care.

Working here

Culture and working life

behavioral healthpatient-centeredcompassionatededicatedspecialty careUHS network24/7 operationteam-based

What to consider

Glassdoor review pages for West Oaks Hospital were identified during research, including general reviews, Registered Nurse-specific reviews, and management-focused reviews.

The good

Part of Universal Health Services (UHS), a large healthcare management network with career resources and benefits infrastructure
Specialized behavioral health environment offering focused psychiatric nursing experience
Established facility with over 40 years of service to the Houston community
Dedicated nursing leadership with a Chief Nursing Officer on the leadership team
Multiple treatment programs across inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient levels
Convenient Houston location near the Galleria off the Southwest Freeway

The hard parts

Behavioral health nursing can involve managing acute psychiatric crises and potentially volatile patient situations
As a specialty psychiatric facility, career pathways may be narrower compared to full-service acute care hospitals

The reality check

Before you decide

Quick facts

Relationship: Direct employer
Roles last seen active: Jul 15, 2026
Website: westoakshospital.com ↗

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