Registered Nurse (RN) II – Behavioral Health

Education

• Associate’s Degree Nursing required
• Bachelor’s Degree Nursing preferred

Experience

• 1 year experience as a clinical nurse or completion of an RN residency program required
• 1 year of behavioral health experience preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• RN – Registered Nurse upon hire required And
• BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required And
• CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention Training upon hire required And
• ACPI – Advanced Crisis Prevention Intervention Training maintained annually 6 months required Or
• CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention Training 30 days required And
• ACPI – Advanced Crisis Prevention Intervention Training maintained annually 12 months required

What You Will Do

• Basic Human Needs – Responds to others’ priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.
• Human Respect – Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance
• Appreciation of Unique Meanings – Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.
• Affiliation Needs – Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
• Mutual Problem Solving – Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties.
• Attentive Reassurance – Listens and concentrates on others. Is reliable, available and attentive.
• Encouraging Manner – The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.
• Healing Environment – The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility
• Teamwork — “Individuals caring for individuals, together”

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Nurse

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
• At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, people-first, excellence-driven culture make us a great place to work.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
• Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.