RN II (Nights) - Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center/HCPC at UTHealth Houston

June 11, 2026

Other Jobs To Apply

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1493057882" paraeid="{9722dac8-2e58-4f01-af14-183ceb92b29e}{12}"><span class="TextRun SCXW45570336 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:22.0083px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">UTHealth Houston’s John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center, the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country, is hiring Registered Nurses to join their team of professionals on the night shift. For these positions, the ideal candidate will have at least two years of psychiatric nursing experience, be comfortable working with the patient population, have experience with phlebotomy, able to float between units, and be willing and able to work night shift. </div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1743908240" paraeid="{9722dac8-2e58-4f01-af14-183ceb92b29e}{42}"><span class="TextRun SCXW45570336 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:22.0083px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">The John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston, inclusive of the Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC), offers individualized inpatient treatment options for a variety of behavioral health disorders across the 23 units on-site. These units include treatment in child/adolescent, adult/geriatric, co-occurring disease, psychosis, and competency restoration units. <p class="Paragraph SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1743908240" paraeid="{9722dac8-2e58-4f01-af14-183ceb92b29e}{42}">Schedule: Night Shift, 7pm-7am. Nurses work 7 shifts in a two-week period (3/4 split matrix schedule)</div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1610927716" paraeid="{9722dac8-2e58-4f01-af14-183ceb92b29e}{62}"><span class="TextRun SCXW45570336 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:22.0083px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">Orientation Schedule: All new hires will go through a 4-week mandatory orientation process: </div><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><ul><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1764596887" paraeid="{9722dac8-2e58-4f01-af14-183ceb92b29e}{84}"><span class="TextRun SCXW45570336 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:22.0083px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">2 Week Hospital Wide Education Orientation: 8:00am – 4:30pm </li></ul></div><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><ul><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1519209539" paraeid="{9722dac8-2e58-4f01-af14-183ceb92b29e}{102}"><span class="TextRun SCXW45570336 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:22.0083px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">2 Week Unit-Based Orientation: The shifts are a combination of approximately 2 shifts working 7am and approximately 5 shifts working 7pm. </li></ul><p class="Paragraph SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1519209539" paraeid="{9722dac8-2e58-4f01-af14-183ceb92b29e}{102}"> </div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW45570336 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1478188148" paraeid="{9722dac8-2e58-4f01-af14-183ceb92b29e}{146}"><span class="TextRun SCXW45570336 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:22.0083px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">Please note:<span class="TextRun SCXW45570336 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:22.0083px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US"> All new hires are brought in for the night shift. If moving to the day shift is the goal, your name will be placed on the waitlist for the internal movement into a day position, once available. This could take 6 months or longer. </div>What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: <ul><li>100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees </li><li>Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) </li><li>The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! </li><li>Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) </li><li>Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! </li></ul>We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... <ul><li>Free financial and legal counseling </li><li>Free mental health counseling services </li><li>Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs </li><li>Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. </li><li>Resources for child and elder care </li><li>Plus many more! </li></ul>Position Summary:Assesses patients’ medical and psychiatric needs and provides professional nursing care in response to this assessment. Directs and supervises the delivery of care by other nursing team members (LVNs and Psychiatric Technicians) in an inpatient psychiatric setting.Position Key Accountabilities:1. Assesses patient needs, plans and implements patient care activities and evaluates the patients’ response to the treatment. 2. Assists patient and families in discharge planning, including instructions concerning medications, safety issues post-discharge, home care, potential problems and appropriate follow-up for additional support needed. 3. Participates in regularly scheduled team conferences and collaborates with the related health care providers in treatment, discharge planning and provisions of care. 4. Functions as the liaison between patients and physicians, other multidisciplinary team members and community agencies/resources. 5. Documents patient care and outcomes per hospital policy and accrediting agencies. 6. Administers medication and other therapeutic interventions, as ordered by the physician. 7. Makes decisions based on experience and training as to whether emergency situation exists and responds to emergency situations. May administer CPR and/or other first aid measures. 8. Remains abreast of developments in the field of nursing by attending seminars and workshops, communicating with peers and reading pertinent literature. 9. Performs other duties as assigned. Certification/Skills: Current State of Texas Registered Nurse license. CPR certified. Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school with one year nursing experience; OR Associates degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school with three years nursing experience; OR Nursing Diploma (3 year program) and two years nursing experience; OR will accept ADN with two years' experience at HCPC as a Staff Nurse I. Minimum Experience: Years of experience varies based on education level. Physical Requirements: Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects. Security Sensitive: This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215 Residency Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

Back to blog

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...

DISCLAIMER