Registered Nurse (RN)
Location: DFW Region, Texas
The Opportunity
This is a staff RN role inside a dedicated behavioral health facility serving a genuinely complex patient population — psychiatric, chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, and geriatric. The position carries real clinical weight and built-in leadership responsibility: you are not just delivering care, you are overseeing the shift, supervising staff, and holding the standard for your whole team.
The Role
As a Behavioral Health RN, you will conduct comprehensive patient assessments, develop and execute individualized care plans, and monitor patients for condition changes with the authority to escalate directly to the physician when needed. You will delegate tasks to support staff — group facilitation, close observation, meal supervision — and ensure nursing policies and procedures are followed by every member of your team on every shift.
Medication administration, treatment plan execution, documentation within set timeframes, and consistent use of empathy, dignity, and respect in every patient interaction are core to how this role is performed.
You will report to the Nurse Manager or Chief Nursing Officer.
What You Bring
**Required**
- Active RN license (compact license state — multi-state portability applies)
- Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher
- Minimum 1 year of RN experience
- Behavioral health clinical experience
- CPR certification (or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire)
- De-escalation certification (or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire)
**Preferred:**
- Direct experience with psychiatric, chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, and/or geriatric populations
- Experience with patient assessments, family engagement, treatment planning, and communication with external review organizations
What We Offer
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Full benefits package
- Compensation is competitive and negotiable based on experience
Why the DFW Metroplex
North Texas delivers scale without sacrificing access. The DFW region is one of the fastest-growing metros in the country — which means a real job market, a wide range of neighborhoods at different price points, and a lifestyle that can look like anything from dense urban to quiet suburban depending on how you want to live. Winters are mild, summers are long, and the region sits at the center of a state with no income tax. Major airports make it easy to stay connected to wherever you came from.
For behavioral health clinicians specifically, the depth of the healthcare ecosystem here — multiple major health systems, specialty facilities, and a growing behavioral health infrastructure — means your career has room to develop.
About the Organization
This is a dedicated behavioral health facility — not a general acute care hospital with a behavioral health unit tucked in a corner. The mission centers on making communities healthier, and the clinical team reflects that through a culture built around empathy-first, dignity-centered care. The organization supports a broad scope of behavioral health services and has the operational infrastructure of an established regional provider.
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