Responsibilities
Apply today to interview & meet our nursing team! Join us as we work to change lives and transform the delivery of healthcare!
Meridell Achievement Center is looking for a dynamic & ambitious Registered Nurse! If you have a desire to work in an engaging environment with a team of professionals dedicated to the healing and health of children and adolescents, we’d love to hear from you!
New grads welcome to apply! Excellent mentoring program available!
Shift: full-time (32 hours per week at 2, 16-hour shifts, Saturdays and Sundays)
Visit us at: www.meridell.com
Meridell Achievement Center is a nationally recognized 134-bed private residential treatment facility that specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents who have emotional, behavioral and neurobehavioral problems. Meridell has been providing exceptional care for our patients for over 50 years! We provide a wide range of services and programs that offer evidence-based treatment proven to have positive outcomes for our patients. Our inpatient and outpatient services offer supportive and compassionate care through specialty programs that are tailored to meet the needs of our patients. Our mission is to provide safe, effective, and compassionate mental health and substance use treatment. We’d love to have you join our team!
Benefits for Registered Nurse (RN)
* Premium pay for evenings, overnights and weekends
* Challenging and rewarding work environment
* Competitive compensation
* Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plan
* Generous Paid Time Off
* 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
* Career development opportunities within UHS
Registered Nurse (RN) key responsibilities
Provide nursing care for psychiatric patients using the nursing process. To assess mental health needs, develop nursing diagnoses, identify outcomes, plan and evaluate nursing care. To administer and/or monitor the effects and side effects of medications and treatments ordered by a physician. To ensure safety and provide management and crisis intervention strategies. Patients served include children and adolescents.
Qualifications
* Current license to practice nursing in Texas (or eligible to receive or renew)
* Current CPR or BLS certification.
What do our current employees value at UHS?
An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working with UHS is 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.
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 89,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 335 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points in 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
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