Registered Nurse PRN

UHS•Memphis, TN

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Compass Intervention Center is seeking a dynamic and talented Registered Nurse. Their mission is to provide superior behavioral healthcare services that patients recommend to family and friends; physicians choose for their patients; purchasers select for their clients; and employees are proud of. Compass Intervention Center believes and applies principles of service excellence, continuous improvement, employee development, ethical and fair treatment, teamwork, compassion, and innovation in service delivery. The Registered Nurse (Day/Evening Shifts) prescribes, coordinates and delegates nursing care utilizing the nursing process, 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. Compass Intervention Center is part of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital companies. UHS has annual revenue nearing $10 billion, was recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune in 2017, ranked #276 on the Fortune 500, and listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies. UHS operates more than 320 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Licensure and registration by the Tennessee Board of Nurse Examiners or Compact as a registered nurse.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
One-year prior psychiatric experience in mental health nursing preferred.
Prefer knowledge of effective teaching skills and educational strategies with a special education population, individual and group management skills, therapeutic relationships and processes, age specific growth and development; limit setting and crisis and behavior management.

Responsibilities

Prescribes, coordinates and delegates nursing care utilizing the nursing process that is integrated into the multidisciplinary treatment team plan of care.
Is accountable for assigned nursing care activities on a shift basis and is responsible for promoting and enhancing professional nursing practice on the unit.
Provides professional nursing care on a designated unit in a manner consistent with the philosophy and objectives of Compass Intervention Center and the ANA Standards of Practice for Psychiatric Mental Health Care.
Creates a safe environment for clients, provides direct supervision of clients, empowers clients, and teaches new tools for coping to clients.