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Friends Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You'll direct behavior management programs and make sure staff carry them through consistently. Friends Hospital is a specialty hospital.

Posted Aug 26

Shift and hours
12-⁠hour shifts Registered Nurse - Full-time 36 hours / week, 3-12s36 hours a week
Unit and setting
Psych · Behavioral Health
License
RN license
Term
Permanent Registered Nurse - Full-time 36 hours / week, 3-12sFull-time

Do you qualify?

Education
Graduate of an accredited nursing school Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

Preferred

Experience
One year of inpatient psychiatric experience with adults, adolescents and/or children One year inpatient psychiatric experience with adults, adolescents and/or children preferred.

What it pays

Benefits

  • continuing education options

The role and schedule

Day to day
behavior management programs directs the implementation of behavior management programs and ensure consistent carry-through
Day to day
crisis management ensures environmental safety and crisis management for the patient population
Charge
assigns patients and tasks to subordinate staff makes patient & task assignments to subordinates & monitor their performance of duties
Day to day
training and education for staff, patients and families provides training & education to staff, patients, families, & others

The workplace

Friends Hospital logo
Friends Hospital
Specialty Hospital
Parking
Free, safe on-site parking Friends Hospital is easily accessed via public transportation and has free, safe, on-site parking.

You work a full-time RN week posted as 36 hours, three 12-hour shifts. You can step into advertised Charge, Supervisor, and Nurse Manager-in-training programs, plus a nursing executive tract, with continuing education and skills diversification on the books.

1.9 Google rating

Your fit

Questions to ask

  • Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
  • What should I expect for weekend, 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?
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On your path

Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.

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Responsibilities

Friends Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Registered Nurse - Full-time 36 hours / week, 3-12s

Friends Hospital is the nation's oldest private psychiatric hospital, located on a beautiful 100-acre campus in Philadelphia, PA. Friends Hospital offers a continuum of care including level of care assessments; specially designed inpatient units for adolescents, adults, and older adults; and a private residential rehabilitation program. Friends Hospital is easily accessed via public transportation and has free, safe, on-site parking.

Visit us online at: https://friendshospital.com/

The Registered Nurse (RN): provides direct patient care as prescribed by the physician and treatment team; provides medical management and assessment of patients; ensures environmental safety and crisis management for the patient population; directs the implementation of behavior management programs and ensure consistent carry-through; makes patient & task assignments to subordinates & monitor their performance of duties; provides training & education to staff, patients, families, & others; documents patient care, ensure that data is accurate, & that it is included in the master treatment plan via timely nursing care plan updates; works with the treatment team to provide a consistently therapeutic milieu.

What do our current nurses value at Friends Hospital & UHS?

A safe and supportive environment that puts patient care first and values the nursing profession. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Registered Nurse (RN) is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. You are never alone, as you are part of a large, nationwide network of peer nurses and nursing leaders that educate the field, routinely exchange ideas, and review current topics within the industry.

Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career through our Charge, Supervisor and Nurse Manager-in-training programs and nursing executive tract. We are proud of our robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement as a Registered Nurse (RN) with UHS. We want to help you succeed and grow in your profession and enjoy a sense of belonging and trust that comes through your expanding experience.

At UHS, you have a voice.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries.

Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U. S. states, Washington, D. C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

www.uhs.com

Qualifications

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. One year inpatient psychiatric experience with adults, adolescents and/or children preferred.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates with matching skillset and experience with the best possible career at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email.

The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc. If you feel suspicious of a job posting or job-related email, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449

What's around it?

In Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent
$1,397/mo
Household income
$61,953/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

See Philadelphia, PA

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