Licensed Practical Nurse - Behavioral Health Setting

Highlands Behavioral Health System; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Highlands Behavioral Health System is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team in Littleton, CO. As an LPN, you will provide excellent patient care within a supportive environment, helping to address the needs of individuals undergoing acute psychiatric treatment. This position offers a sign-on bonus and multiple benefits, emphasizing career development opportunities.

Benefits

Tuition and Educational Reimbursement Program

Student Loan Repayment Program

Challenging and rewarding work environment

Career development opportunities

Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off

Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans

401(K) with company match

Discounts on various insurances

Retention bonus program

Opportunities for skills diversification

Qualifications

• Current license to practice nursing in Colorado.
• Clinical experience in psychiatric nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care to assigned patients under RN supervision.
• Utilizes basic understanding of psychiatric and personality disorders.
• Participate in care planning and provide supportive assistance.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Basic understanding of psychiatric disorders

Education

Graduate from an approved Vocational School of Nursing

Job description

Licensed Practical Nurse - Behavioral Health Setting

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Responsibilities

Up to $10,000 Sign-on bonus with employment commitment!

Responsibilities

Up to $10,000 Sign-on bonus with employment commitment!

Highlands Behavioral Health System is an 86 bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. Highlands features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs.

Website: https://highlandsbhs.com.

The LPN performs under the direction of a Registered Nurse in providing nursing care to assigned patients, utilizing basic understanding of psychiatric and personality disorders.

What do our current nurses value at Highlands Behavioral & UHS?

An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a LPN providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Supportive and responsive leadership. You are never alone, as you are part of a large network of peer nurses and nursing leaders that routinely exchange ideas and review current topics within the industry. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement with UHS.

Benefit Highlights

• Tuition and Educational Reimbursement Program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• Discounts on pet insurance, automotive insurance & homeowners insurance
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:benefits.uhsguest.com
  
  

Shift Hours: 12-hour shifts (7pm - 7:30am); rotating weekends required

Shift Differential Pay: Weekdays (3pm - 11pm): $4.00, weekdays (11pm - 7am): $5.00; weekends (7am - 3pm): $4.00, weekends (3pm - 11pm): $5.00, weekends (11pm - 7am): $7.00.

Retention Bonus: This position is eligible for our retention bonus program (eligible after completion of sign-on bonus); current retention bonus for LPNs is $10,000

$1 added to base rate of pay if bilingual (must pass a language assessment; eligible to take assessment after completing first 30 days)

Questions or concerns? Contact the Human Resources department at [e-mail].

Screening of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Graduate from an approved Vocational School of Nursing.
• Clinical experience in psychiatric nursing preferred.
• Current license to practice nursing in Colorado (or eligable to receive or renew)
  
  

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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.

Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams

We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information.

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care and Mental Health Care

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