Registered Nurse II, Behavioral Health; Full time, Nights
Dallas, Texas
You'll work in a busy outpatient clinic running partial hospital and intensive outpatient programs for adults with co-occurring behavioral health and chemical dependency needs.
- Shift and hours
- Nights, 7:00p to 7:00a · 3 to 12-hour shifts Work hours: Full Time, Nights 7:00p - 7:00a (Full time day shift. 3-12 hrs. including weekends)3 shifts a week
- Unit and setting
- Behavioral Health Department · Behavioral Health serving adults with cooccurring behavior health and chemical dependency needsAdults with co-occurring behavioral health and chemical dependency needs
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Per Diem Work hours: Full Time, Nights 7:00p - 7:00aFull time
Do you qualify?
- Certification
- BCLS before starting BCLS prior to hire
- Education
- Nursing diploma, or an associate degree from an accredited nursing program Nursing Diploma required OR
- Education
- Associate degree from an accredited nursing program Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program required
- Experience
- One year as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program One-year experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program required
- Also asks
- Practice under the Texas Nurse Practice Act as a role model, collaborator and coordinator of quality care 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
Preferred
- Education
- BSN BSN preferred
- Experience
- One year of behavioral health experience One year of Behavioral Health experience strongly preferred
What it pays
Benefits
- Benefits401k, PTO, medical and dentalBenefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Programs as well as several other benefits.
- BenefitsPaid parental leave
- BenefitsFlex spending and tuition reimbursement
- BenefitsStudent loan repayment programs
- 401k
- PTO
More benefits (6)
- Medical
- Dental
- Flex spending
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discount Programs
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Teach nursing groups three times a week: women's, co-ed, and chemical dependency groups will teach nursing groups three times a week for patients in women’s, co-ed, and chemical dependency groups
- Day to day
- Work with the interdisciplinary team on safety and treatment in the day hospital program Professional nurses will collaborate with inter-disciplinary team to ensure safety and treatment of patients participating in day hospital program
- Day to day
- Attend treatment team meetings as needed Professional nurses will participate in treatment team meetings as needed
- Hours stated
- Full Time, Nights 7:00p – 7:00a (Full time day shift. 3-12 hrs. including weekends)
- Weekends
- Weekends included 3-12 hrs. including weekends
- Details
- 898-bed Magnet-designated hospital Texas Health Hospital Dallas is an 898-bed, Magnet-designated hospital
The workplace
- Hiring contact
- Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org. Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Psychiatric Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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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 7:00p – 7:00a (Full time day shift. 3-12 hrs. including 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 inter-disciplinary team to ensure safety and treatment of patients participating in 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 the care of the patient
- Intervenes 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 Nurse
- 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.
- Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.
PRN
- Benefits include 401k, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discount Programs, as well as other benefits.
- Delivery of high-quality patient care
- 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 3,500 employees and 1,100 physicians on its medical staff, and offers a full range of services, including cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, senior care, women's 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 2012. We invite you to join us in furthering your career and our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence. #LI-AW1Here’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 the care of the patient
- Intervenes 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 Nurse
- 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.
- Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.
PRN
- Benefits include 401k, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discount Programs, as well as other benefits.
- Delivery of high-quality patient care
- 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 3,500 employees and 1,100 physicians on its medical staff, and offers a full range of services, including cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, senior care, women's 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 2012. We invite you to join us in furthering your career and our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence. #LI-AW1
What's around it?
Dallas, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,472/mo
- Household income
- $70,518/yr, all local households, not nurse pay