Registered Nurse (RN) - Day Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM - Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus
Make a Difference Every Day—Join Our Behavioral Health Nursing Team
$32.00–$49.00 per Hour
Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus for Full-Time RNs
Day Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
New-to-Behavioral-Health Nurses Encouraged to Apply
Are you looking for a rewarding nursing career where you can make a meaningful impact while building therapeutic relationships with patients?
Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health is seeking compassionate, skilled, and dedicated RNs to join our multidisciplinary treatment team. Whether you are an experienced behavioral health nurse or looking to transition from another nursing specialty, we provide the training, support, and professional development opportunities needed to succeed.
As an RN, you will play a critical role in providing compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals experiencing mental health and substance use disorders while helping create a safe and therapeutic treatment environment.
Compensation
Hourly Rate: $32.00–$49.00 per hour
Compensation is based on experience, education, certifications, and other job-related qualifications.
Eligible employees may receive applicable holiday pay and overtime opportunities in accordance with facility policy.
Sign-On Bonus
Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus for Full-Time Registered Nurses
The sign-on bonus is paid in installments during the employee's first year of employment and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable sign-on bonus agreement.
Schedule
Day Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
RNs are scheduled seven shifts during a two-week pay period with alternating weekend coverage.
This position may require holiday shifts based on staffing needs, patient care requirements, and departmental scheduling. Employees are not scheduled to work every holiday.
Eligible employees may receive applicable holiday pay in accordance with facility policy.
Why This Position Is a Great Opportunity
✅ Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus
✅ New-to-Behavioral-Health Nurses Encouraged to Apply
✅ Behavioral Health Experience Welcome
✅ Consistent Day Shift Schedule
✅ Tuition Assistance
✅ Free CEUs Through HealthStream
✅ HRSA STAR Program Participant
✅ Career Development Opportunities Across UHS and 300+ Facilities
✅ Diverse Clinical Programs to Expand Your Experience
Whether you are an experienced behavioral health nurse or currently working in medical-surgical, emergency, critical care, rehabilitation, long-term care, home health, hospice, corrections, or another clinical setting, we encourage you to apply.
About Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health
Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health is a 108-bed behavioral health hospital serving patients throughout South Carolina. Located on the beautiful Ashley River near Charleston, South Carolina, we provide a comprehensive range of psychiatric and substance abuse treatment services for adolescents and adults.
Programs include:
- Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Services
- Substance Abuse Detoxification
- Residential Treatment Programs for Teens
- Outpatient Group Therapy (Virtual and In-Person)
Empathy is at the heart of our patient-centered care, guiding how we listen, understand, and support each patient's healing process.
Position Summary
RNs provides primary care coordination for patients and implements collaborative treatment plans prescribed by physicians and the interdisciplinary treatment team.
Responsibilities include assessing mental health needs, developing nursing diagnoses, identifying outcomes, planning and evaluating nursing care, administering medications and treatments, monitoring patient responses, ensuring patient safety, and utilizing therapeutic milieu management and crisis intervention strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive nursing assessments and ongoing patient evaluations.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized nursing care plans.
- Administer medications and treatments in accordance with physician orders.
- Monitor patients for therapeutic response, side effects, and adverse reactions.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
- Provide crisis intervention and therapeutic support to patients.
- Collaborate with psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, and other treatment team members.
- Promote a safe and therapeutic treatment environment.
- Educate patients and families regarding treatment plans and recovery goals.
- Participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning and discharge planning activities.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
- Specialty certification preferred.
- Minimum of one (1) year of recent nursing experience preferred.
- Nurses with experience in behavioral health, emergency services, medical-surgical nursing, critical care, rehabilitation, long-term care, home health, hospice, corrections, or related specialties are encouraged to apply.
Licensure and Certification
- Current South Carolina RN license or compact state RN license required.
- CPI training provided upon hire.
Why Nurses Choose Behavioral Health
Many nurses find behavioral health nursing rewarding because it allows them to build meaningful therapeutic relationships while utilizing assessment, critical thinking, medication management, crisis intervention, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
Behavioral health nursing offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact in patients' lives while developing specialized clinical expertise in a growing healthcare field.
Benefits
- Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus
- Tuition Assistance
- HealthStream Online Learning with Free CEUs
- Competitive Compensation
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
- Career Development Opportunities Across UHS and 300+ Facilities Nationwide
- Diverse Clinical Programs to Expand Your Experience
- Participation in the HRSA STAR Program
Why Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health?
At Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health, every team member plays an important role in helping patients achieve recovery, stability, and hope. We are committed to providing a supportive work environment where employees are valued, developed, and empowered to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
Whether you are an experienced behavioral health nurse or transitioning into behavioral health for the first time, you will be part of a dedicated team focused on compassionate, patient-centered care.
Join a team where your nursing skills, compassion, and dedication make a difference every day.
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion.
In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World's Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025 was listed in Forbes' ranking of America's Largest Public Companies.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network, and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.
For additional information, visit www.uhs.com.
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Apply Today
If you are a compassionate Registered Nurse looking for a rewarding career opportunity, we encourage you to apply today.
Join Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health and help individuals on their journey toward recovery and wellness while advancing your nursing career.
Pay: $32.00 - $49.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Are you willing to work with patients experiencing psychiatric, behavioral health, and/or substance use disorders?
- Are you available to work 12-hour shifts?
- Are you available to work occasional weekends and holidays as part of a rotating schedule?
- How many years of Registered Nurse experience do you have?
- New Graduate
- Less than 1 year
- 1–2 years
- 3–5 years
- 5–10 years
- More than 10 years
- Which nursing specialties have you worked in? (Specify all that apply)
- Behavioral Health
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Emergency Department
- Medical-Surgical
- Critical Care / ICU
- Long-Term Care
- Skilled Nursing
- Rehabilitation
- Home Health
- Hospice
- Corrections
- Pediatrics
- Other
- Do you have experience administering medications and documenting care in an electronic medical record (EMR)?
- Have you completed CPI, PMAB, MOAB, or another crisis prevention/de-escalation program?
- Are you interested in transitioning into behavioral health nursing if you do not already have behavioral health experience?
- Yes
- No
- I already have behavioral health experience
License/Certification:
- RN in SC or eligible for licensure through the NLC (Required)
Shift availability:
Ability to Commute:
- Charleston, SC 29405 (Required)
Work Location: In person
