Registered Nurse - Full -Time - 7a-7p or 7p-7a

About the role

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. 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, located on a serene 37-acre campus in northeast Shelby County. Lakeside’s comprehensive programs treat disorders such as bipolar disorder, psychological trauma, depression and anxiety, mental illness, and addictive disease disorders including alcoholism, drug addiction, and substance abuse for children, adolescents, young adults, adults, and seniors. Lakeside is a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. UHS operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities, ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physicians’ network, and various related services across the U.S., Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. With approximately 96,700 employees and annual revenues of $14.3 billion in 2023, UHS is a Fortune 500 corporation recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Responsibilities

• Provide 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.
• Prescribe, coordinate, and delegate nursing care utilizing the nursing process integrated into the multidisciplinary treatment team plan of care.
• Remain accountable for assigned nursing care activities on a shift basis.
• Promote and enhance professional nursing practice on the unit.
• Assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as required.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent comprehensive benefits
• Opportunities for advancement
• Tuition assistance
• Paid time off