RN - Correctional Health - Days

JPS Health Network; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, TX is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Correctional Health unit on Day shift. The RN will assess and plan patient care, implement treatments, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe transfers and discharge planning within a correctional health setting.

Essential duties include monitoring patient status, documenting in electronic records, and providing focused patient education while maintaining high standards of infection

Qualifications

• Nursing Diploma from an accredited program or an Associate or higher Nursing degree.
• Current Texas RN license or reciprocity within 90 days.
• RN I: 6 months–1.99 years of relevant experience; RN II: 2–4.99 years; RN III: 5–9.99 years; RN IV: 10+ years.
• Background screening completed successfully.
• Unit-specific orientation within 90 days.
• Current JPS-recognized BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Plans, assesses, directs, implements and provides quality patient care for assigned patients, including education.
• Monitors patient condition, records vital signs, and intervenes as needed.
• Performs data collection from patient presentations and history.
• Collaborates on treatment goals and discharge planning with patients and families.
• Delivers nursing care and education to address identified knowledge deficits.
• Documents accurately in medical records and enter orders; maintain compliance.
• Maintains infection control and coordinates with multidisciplinary team.
• Communicates hand-offs and coordinates transfers per EMTALA guidance.
• Performs other department-specific duties as required.

Skills

Nursing

BLS certification

Education

Nursing Diploma

Associate or higher Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Who We Are
JPS Health Network is a $950 million, tax-supported healthcare system in North Texas. Licensed for 582 beds, the network features over 25 locations across Tarrant County, with John Peter Smith Hospital a Level I Trauma Center, Tarrant County's only psychiatric emergency center, and the largest hospital-based family medical residency program in the nation. The health network employs more than 7,200 people.

Acclaim Multispecialty Group is the medical practice group featuring over 300 providers serving JPS Health Network. Specialties range from primary care to general surgery and trauma. The Acclaim Multispecialty Group formed around a common set of incentives and expectations supporting the operational, financial, and clinical performance
outcomes of the network. Our goal is to provide high quality, compassionate clinical care for every patient, every time.

Why JPS?

We're more than a hospital. We're 7,200 of the most dedicated people you could ever meet. Our goal is to make sure the people of our community get the care they need and deserve. As community stewards, we abide by three Rules of the Road:

• Own it. Everyone who wears the JPS badge contributes to our journey to excellence.
• Seek joy. Every day, every shift, we celebrate our patients, smile, and emphasize positivity.
• Don't be a jerk. Everyone is treated with courtesy and respect. Smiling, laughter, compassion - key components of our everyday experience at JPS.

When working here, you're surrounded by passion, diversity, and dedication. We look forward to meeting you!

Job Summary: The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, directs, implements, and assists to provide quality patient care for assigned patients.

Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:

• Plans, assesses, directs, implements and provides quality patient care for assigned patients to include modifying nursing care, medication administration and discharge planning. Provides education directed towards individualized patient needs utilizing the nursing process in coordination with policies and procedures.
• Monitors changes in patient condition to include recording and reporting symptoms, assessing vital signs and intervening when appropriate.
• Performs complete data collection from patient presenting complaints and pertinent history.
• Collaborates with patients to identify treatment plan goals, and discharges patients as appropriate with a written discharge plan. Encourages family participation as appropriate for age and situation.
• Delivers nursing care to patients including assessment and planning of education directed towards identified knowledge deficits, treatment, pain management, and discharge utilizing the nursing process.
• Documents accurately in medical records, on forms, and in the computer entering appropriate orders, patient charges, and or other information, meeting standards, policy, and procedures.
• Delivers quality care by using multi-disciplinary team strategies and minimizing the risk of infection, harm, or injury.
• Maintains accurate detailed reports and records and directs care with regard to age and developmental stage, presenting complaint, and pertinent history.
• Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians, departments, staff, patients, and visitors.
• Anticipates deteriorating life sign patterns or equipment malfunctions and takes appropriate action.
• Modifies patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Collaborates with patient care team members on patient care plan, incorporating consistent use of hand-off communication.
• Conducts and coordinates patient care and patient transfers in accordance with EMTALA regulations, as applicable.
• Performs additional department-specific functions as outlined in department procedures.
• Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Nursing Diploma from an Accredited Diploma Program or Associate or higher Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Current licensure by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas or proof of reciprocity of licensure between the State of Texas and another state within 90 days.
• 4881 RN I: 6 months -1.99 years of relevant experience.
• 4882 RN II: 2-4.99 years of relevant experience.
• 4883 RN III: 5-9.99 years of relevant experience.
• 4884 RN IV: 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Successful completion of background screening.
• Successful completion of unit specific competency-based orientation program within 90 days.
• Current JPS recognized Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and must be maintained throughout employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Certification in the area of nurse specialty.

Location Address:
100 N. Lamar Street
Fort Worth, Texas, 76102
United States

For more information, visit www.jpshealthnet.org.
To view all job vacancies, visit www.jpshealthnet.org , www.jpshealthnet.org/careers ,or www.teamacclaim.org.

Job Title:

RN - Correctional Health - Days

Requisition Number:

46587

Employment Type:

Full Time

Division:

CORRECTIONAL HEALTH

Compensation Type:

Hourly

Job Category:

Nursing / LVN

Hours Worked:

6:45 AM - 7:15 PM

Location:

Correctional Health

Shift Worked:

Day