MET RN - Nights

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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.

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1.  Own it. Everyone who wears the JPS badge contributes to our journey to excellence.
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When working here, you're surrounded by passion, diversity, and dedication.  We look forward to meeting you!

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Job Title:	MET RN - Nights
Requisition Number:	42211	Employment Type:	Full Time
Division:	NURSING SERVICES	Compensation Type:	Hourly
Job Category:	Nursing / LVN	Hours Worked:	7:00 PM - 7:00 AM
Location:	John Peter Smith Hospital	Shift Worked:	Night

 

Job Description:

Description: The Medical Emergency Team (MET) Nurse is specialized in providing critical medical care and specialized treatment to patients who are critically injured or severely ill. The MET Nurse responds to urgent and emergent patient needs including sepsis, inpatient stroke activations, and standard ICU nursing needs and performs triage while considering physical and psychosocial elements. The MET Nurse is an elite nurse who serves as a clinical expert and resource in the specialized care of critically injured/ill patients.

Typical Duties:

1. Provides proper patient care for patients and families including triaging patients and determining priority of care based on physical, psychological, and social needs as well as patient flow through the emergency care system.
   
2. Assists physicians in hospital emergency departments, ambulances, helicopters, and urgent care centers, etc. to include administering and documenting medication.
   
3. Responds to all MET calls, Code Blues, and Code Strokes within 5 minutes; contacts Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Team Leader for back-up when unavailable. Maintains documentation for all MET, Code Blue calls, and/or activations.
   
4. Reviews identified MET patients in system on an hourly basis.
   
5. Rounds on potential MET patients and collaborates with primary RN for further interventions.
   
6. Facilitates in-patient staff documents on Code Narrator when necessary.
   
7. Attends scheduled case review, Resuscitation Readiness Committee, and Critical Care Committee meetings.
   
8. Serves as a clinical expert and resource in the specialized care of patients through assessment, communication, immediate interventions, patient and/or family education, and support.
   
9. Delivers nursing care to patients; educates patient, family, and team on identified knowledge deficits, treatment planning and pain management. Provides emotional support utilizing the nursing process.
   
10. Anticipates deteriorating life sign patterns or equipment malfunctions and takes appropriate action.
    
11. Maintains accurate, detailed reports and records; directs patient care with regard to age and developmental stage, presenting complaint, and pertinent medical history.
    
12. Modifies patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses. Monitors, records, and reports symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.
    
13. Performs other job related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience: Associate’s degree from an accredited school of professional Nursing. 3 plus years experience working as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Preferred Education and Experience: Bachelors in Nursing from an accredited school of professional Nursing. Critical Care or Emergency Department experience.
Required Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training: 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. Current JPS recognized Basic Life Support training and/or certification and must be maintained throughout employment. Current JPS recognized Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training and/or certification and must be maintained throughout employment.
Preferred Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training: Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), Progressive Care Certified Nursing, (PCCN), or Certified Emergency Nurses (CEN). Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor. Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC). Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN).

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