RN II - DCB 3A Resource Unit (Night Shift)

UTHealth Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid medical premiums

Generous time off

Longevity Pay

Retirement plan

Wellness programs

Job summary

UTHealth Houston’s John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center seeks a Staff Nurse II for the Dunn Center 3A unit. This resource unit serves higher-acuity psychiatric patients and requires collaboration for de-escalation and patient care.

The role emphasizes psychiatric nursing experience, lab specimen collection, and EKGs, with orientation and night shifts (7pm–7am). UTHealth offers comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Requires RN licensure in Texas.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent required with experience.
• One year nursing experience in psychiatry/behavioral health preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ medical and psychiatric needs and provide nursing care.
• Supervise delivery of care by LVNs and Psychiatric Technicians.
• Administer medications and monitor patient outcomes per policy.

Skills

Psychiatric nursing

EMR documentation

Lab specimen collection

EKG performance

De-escalation techniques

Education

BSN

ADN

Nursing Diploma

Tools

EMR system

Job description

UTHealth Houston’s John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center, the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country, is hiring a Staff Nurse II to join the team on the Dunn Center 3A Unit. DCB unit 3A is a resource unit, typically serving patients with insurance or under hospital contracts. This unit is one of the units with a higher acuity, serving patients with high needs, such as: autism/IDD, severe psychosis, mania, or aggression. The team is expected to work collaboratively to assist in de-escalation and attend to the unit's needs. For this position, the ideal candidate will have previous psychiatric or behavioral health nursing experience, experience obtaining laboratory specimens and performing EKGs, and proficiency with EMR documentation.

The John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston, inclusive of the Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC), offers individualized inpatient treatment options for a variety of behavioral health disorders across the 23 units on-site. These units include treatment in child/adolescent, adult/geriatric, co-occurring disease, psychosis, and competency restoration units.

Schedule:

Night Shift, 7pm-7am. Nurses work 7 shifts in a two-week period (3/4 split matrix schedule)

Orientation Schedule:

All new hires will go through a 4-week mandatory orientation process:

• 2 Week Hospital Wide Education Orientation: 8:00am – 4:30pm
• 2 Week Unit-Based Orientation: The shifts are a combination of approximately 2 shifts working 7am and approximately 5 shifts working 7pm.

Please note:

All new hires are brought in for the night shift. If moving to the day shift is the goal, your name will be placed on the waitlist for the internal movement into a day position, once available. This could take 6 months or longer.

What we do here changes the world.

UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave.

It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees!

As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Assesses patients’ medical and psychiatric needs and provides professional nursing care in response to this assessment. Directs and supervises the delivery of care by other nursing team members (LVNs and Psychiatric Technicians) in an inpatient psychiatric setting.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Assesses patient needs, plans and implements patient care activities and evaluates the patients’ response to the treatment.
• Assists patient and families in discharge planning, including instructions concerning medications, safety issues post-discharge, home care, potential problems and appropriate follow-up for additional support needed.
• Participates in regularly scheduled team conferences and collaborates with the related health care providers in treatment, discharge planning and provisions of care.
• Functions as the liaison between patients and physicians, other multidisciplinary team members and community agencies/resources.
• Documents patient care and outcomes per hospital policy and accrediting agencies.
• Administers medication and other therapeutic interventions, as ordered by the physician.
• Makes decisions based on experience and training as to whether emergency situation exists and responds to emergency situations. May administer CPR and/or other first aid measures.
• Remains abreast of developments in the field of nursing by attending seminars and workshops, communicating with peers and reading pertinent literature.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

Current State of Texas Registered Nurse license. CPR certified.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school with one year nursing experience; OR Associates degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school with three years nursing experience; OR Nursing Diploma (3 year program) and two years nursing experience; OR will accept ADN with two years' experience at HCPC as a Staff Nurse I.

Minimum Experience:

Years of experience varies based on education level.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code

• 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.