Registered Nurse - Part-Time (Weekends)

Universal Health Services, Inc.; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Universal Health Services, Inc. is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide professional nursing care within Lakeside Behavioral Health System. This role requires you to coordinate and delegate care practices while promoting professional standards. The ideal candidate will have psychiatric nursing experience along with licensure from the Tennessee Board of Nurse Examiners.

You will work in a supportive environment that values compassionate teamwork and provides competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities for career advancement. Join us in making a difference!

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• One year of psychiatric experience in mental health nursing preferred.
• Licensure and registration by the Tennessee Board of Nurse Examiners.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care on a designated unit.
• Prescribe, coordinate and delegate nursing care as per the treatment team plan.
• Accountable for nursing care activities on a shift basis.

Skills

Psychiatric nursing knowledge

Crisis and behavior management

Therapeutic relationships

Age-specific growth and development knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred

Job description

About Lakeside Behavioral Health System

Lakeside Behavioral Health System provides an excellent opportunity for those seeking to be part of a team-oriented and compassionate organization. Our staff tell us that our team is their number one reason for working at Lakeside and we offer competitive compensation, excellent comprehensive benefits, opportunities for advancement, tuition assistance, and paid time off.

Since 1969, Lakeside has been the premier provider of specialized behavioral health and addictive disease services in the Memphis and Mid‑South region. The 365‑bed facility is one of the largest free‑standing psychiatric hospitals in the United States. We are located on a serene 37‑acre campus in northeast Shelby County, serving as the setting for the treatment for children, adolescents, young adults, adults and seniors. Lakeside’s comprehensive programs treat disorders such as bipolar disorder, psychological trauma, depression and anxiety, mental illness and addictive disease disorders such as alcoholism, drug addiction and substance abuse.

Job Description

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care on a designated unit in a manner consistent with the philosophy and objectives of Lakeside Behavioral Health and the ANA Standards of Practice for Psychiatric Mental Health Care. The Registered Nurse prescribes, coordinates and delegates nursing care utilizing the nursing process that is integrated into the multidisciplinary treatment team plan of care. The Registered Nurse is accountable for assigned nursing care activities on a shift basis and is responsible for promoting and enhancing professional nursing practice on the unit. The Registered Nurse may also assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as required.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN preferred.
• Experience: One‑year prior psychiatric experience in mental health nursing preferred.
• Licensure/Certification: Licensure and registration by the Tennessee Board of Nurse Examiners as a registered nurse.
• Knowledge: Must possess 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.

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, promotions 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.