Registered Nurse; RN Nights

Responsibilities

Parkwood Behavioral Health System is a UHS facility located in DeSoto County, Mississippi. The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care on a designated unit consistent with the organization’s philosophy and objectives. Responsibilities include prescribing, coordinating, and delegating nursing care through the nursing process integrated into a multidisciplinary treatment team plan of care. The RN is accountable for assigned nursing care activities on a shift basis and promotes professional nursing practice.

The RN may assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as required.

• Status:
  Full-time
• Hours/Days: 12‑hour shifts (7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.)
• Shift rotation: rotating nights

• Education:
  
  Graduate from an accredited professional nursing program is required; BSN preferred.
• Experience:
  
  One year of prior psychiatric experience in mental health nursing preferred.
• Licensure:
  Mississippi Board of Nursing registration as a registered nurse, or a multi‑state license approved by the NCSBN.
• Knowledge:
  General and psychiatric nursing processes, therapeutic relationships, age‑specific growth and development, limit setting, crisis and behavior management, and CPR training. Must be flexible to reassignment to units caring for a varied population (male/female children, adolescents, and adults, including dual diagnoses).

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities within UHS and across 300+ locations
• Competitive compensation
• Diverse programming to expand experience
• Health Stream online learning catalogue with free CEU courses
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan repayment program
• Generous paid time off

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