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Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Registered Nurse

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTorrance, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Graduate of an accredited nursing school.
  • Licensure by the California Board of Registered Nursing is required.
  • One to three years of experience with military and behavioral health populations, preferably in an inpatient setting.
  • Ability to interact positively with patients daily.
  • Ability to demonstrate leadership and provide appropriate supervision or oversight of staff.
  • Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions.
  • Ability to make sound, independent judgments based on scientific or ethical principles.
  • Ability to comprehend and perform oral and written instructions and procedures.
  • Ability to collaborate appropriately with multidisciplinary team members.
  • Ability to adapt to varying workloads and work assignments on a constant basis.
  • Math skills sufficient to calculate drug dosages and infusion rates.

Responsibilities

  • Organize and direct patient care, set priorities, and formulate assignments so the most skilled staff care for the most acutely ill patients.
  • Ensure staff complete assigned duties and patient-care responsibilities during the assigned shift.
  • Provide thorough unit orientation to new staff.
  • Perform Staff Nurse functions as Charge Nurse when assigned.
  • Assess each patient, complete a plan of care, and formulate a nursing diagnosis based on assessment findings.
  • Document patient behavior, condition, and care accurately, promptly, and legibly for all assigned patients, including RN progress notes and pertinent graphics every shift.
  • Provide shift reports using concise, meaningful language and include pertinent information such as patient name, diagnosis, physician, precautions, supervision level, legal status, and discharge status when known.
  • Follow safety procedures and use the appropriate patient observation level, including Q15-minute checks, 1:1 monitoring, and specific precautions.
  • Provide nursing care within the scope of practice to meet each patient's unique needs.
  • Attend and encourage patient participation in milieu activities.
  • Anticipate emergent situations and intervene early and appropriately.
  • Intervene in complex patient-care situations using departmental policies and procedures that promote therapeutic alternatives, and prioritize interventions in rapidly changing situations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Clinical experience in a psychiatric setting is preferred.

About the Company

Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Universal Health Services operates a network of acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and ambulatory centers across the United States. It generates its services by acquiring and managing healthcare facilities, then integrating them under centralized operating practices to deliver patient care. The company’s offering is the management and provision of hospital and behavioral health services, with a focus on standardized clinical operations, economies of scale, and nationwide coverage. What sets UHS apart is its long history of growth through acquisitions, its size and scale in both acute and behavioral health markets, and its ability to integrate new facilities while maintaining consistent care quality. Its goal is to provide high-quality healthcare across a broad network, improve patient outcomes, and sustain long-term value for shareholders by expanding access and efficiency in hospital and behavioral health services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
1978

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