Lead Psychiatric Charge Nurse | Team Leader

Universal Health Services; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Competitive compensation

Medical, Dental, Vision and Rx plan

401k with company match

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Lakeside Behavioral Health System in Memphis, TN hires a Charge Nurse/Team Leader to supervise nursing staff on a designated unit, coordinating and delegating care using the nursing process. The role focuses on maintaining high-quality psychiatric care and nursing practice on the unit.

We offer competitive compensation, excellent comprehensive benefits, tuition assistance, paid time off, and growth opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.
• One to three years prior psychiatric experience in mental health nursing preferred.
• Licensure and registration by the Tennessee Board of Nursing as a Registered Nurse.
• Knowledge of general and psychiatric nursing processes, therapeutic relationships and processes, age-specific growth and development, limit setting, crisis and behavior management and CPR training.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the delivery of nursing care provided by staff on a designated unit.
• Coordinates and delegates care utilizing the nursing process.
• Promotes and enhances professional nursing practice on the unit.

Skills

Psychiatric nursing

Nursing process

CPR training

Education

RN license

Job description

Lakeside Behavioral Health System in Memphis, TN hires a Charge Nurse/Team Leader to supervise nursing staff on a designated unit, coordinating and delegating care using the nursing process. The role focuses on maintaining high-quality psychiatric care and nursing practice on the unit.

We offer competitive compensation, excellent comprehensive benefits, tuition assistance, paid time off, and growth opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries.