RN Team Lead -Correctional Health-Day Shift

JPS Health Network; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

JPS Health Network seeks an experienced RN Team Lead for Correctional Health, Day Shift at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. You will guide nursing staff, coordinate care, and ensure high-quality patient outcomes within a fast-paced, diverse environment.

The role requires a nursing diploma or higher, 2+ years of nursing experience, Texas RN license, and BLS certification. You will mentor staff, participate in training, and uphold EMTALA and hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Nursing Diploma or higher in nursing.
• 2+ years of relevant nursing experience.
• Current Texas RN license or reciprocity.
• Current BLS certification.
• Unit-specific orientation completed within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Lead and educate nursing staff; contribute to performance appraisals and documentation.
• Ensure staffing coverage for all units.
• Coordinate orientation and unit-based training for staff.
• Plan and deliver quality patient care; manage medication administration and discharge planning.
• Monitor patient conditions, vital signs, and changes; document findings.

Skills

Leadership

Staff education

Clinical supervision

Communication

Education

Nursing Diploma or higher (ADN/BSN)

Texas RN license

BLS certification

Job description

RN Team Lead -Correctional Health-Day Shift

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:

1. Own it.Everyone who wears the JPS badge contributes to our journey to excellence.
2. Seek joy.Every day, every shift, we celebrate our patients, smile, and emphasize positivity.
3. 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!

Requisition Number:

46794

Employment Type:

Full Time

Division:

MEDICAL/SURGICAL

Compensation Type:

Hourly

Job Category:

Nursing / LVN

7a-7p

Location:

John Peter Smith Hospital

Shift Worked:

Day

Job Description:

Job Summary: The Registered Nurse Team Lead assesses, plans, directs, implements, and provides quality patient care for assigned patients including education directed toward individualized patient needs utilizing the nursing process in coordination with policies and procedures. This position directs patient care for licensed and ancillary staff. The Registered Nurse Team Lead has 2+ years of relevant experience.

Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:

• Guides, educates, and provides leadership for all new and experienced staff. Assists with and provides input for performance appraisals, disciplinary action, reports, audits, surveys, and documentation in medical records, employee records, and computers.
• Ensures coverage and staff levels for all responsible units.
• Coordinates the department-specific orientation and training for employees, which may include, but is not limited to, initial unit-based, job-specific competencies, CBLs, clinic-specific testing, assisting with preceptors/mentors training and assignments, conducting annual needs assessments, and documenting and maintaining educational requirements for clinic staff.
• Plans, assesses, directs, implements, and provides quality patient care for assigned patients including 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 patients with regard to age and developmental stage, presenting complaints, and pertinent history.
• Supports the culture of quality with the delivery of quality nursing care utilizing evidence-based practice to decrease the potential for infection, harm, or injury working with the interdisciplinary team.
• Actively participates in the performance improvement processes related to nursing practice.
• Communicates with patients and/or families using available resources and tools to provide age-appropriate, patient-preferred language to include demonstrated fluency and timely completion of all documentation requirements.
• Responsible to assist students in all disciplines to develop skills and an understanding of collaborative values, attitudes, and ideals in the care of patients and families.
• Conducts and coordinates patient care and patient transfers in accordance with EMTALA regulations, as applicable.
• Ensures teamwork and readiness to meet the daily challenges of a rapid-paced, high-acuity, culturally diverse work environment.
• Fosters a mentoring, supportive workplace climate contributing to the educational growth and development of team members, residents, and guest students.
• Works independently with guidance in only the most complex situations.
• May lead multiple projects and is accountable for ongoing objectives.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• Leads staff and provides ongoing support to the department.
• 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.
• 2+ years of relevant experience.
• 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.
• Current JPS recognized Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and must be maintained throughout employment.
• Completion of unit specific competency-based orientation program within 90 days.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

Location Address:
1500 S. Main Street
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104
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.