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UT Southwestern Medical Center

Academic medical center and health system

Registered Nurse ICU Float Pool

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeDallas, TX, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
  • Have 2 years of critical care nursing experience.
  • Hold Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross upon hire.
  • Hold Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross upon hire.
  • Hold a current Texas registered nurse license or a current registered nurse license from a Nurse Licensure Compact state upon hire.
  • Obtain National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale certification upon hire.
  • Obtain Crisis Prevention Institute certification within 180 days.
  • Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance with University Medical Center policy.
  • Perform duties that may involve direct patient care or interaction with human-subjects research participants, or maintaining, modifying, releasing, or otherwise affecting patient or human-subjects research records.
  • Meet the physical demands of bending or leaning over, lifting, pulling, pushing, standing, stooping, and talking.

Responsibilities

  • Perform and accurately document physical, psychosocial, and emotional assessments using age-specific criteria for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults.
  • Anticipate patient and family needs and expectations and use assessment findings to develop an appropriate plan of care.
  • Use critical thinking to plan and prioritize nursing care, maintain competencies required by the unit, and implement appropriate nursing interventions based on completed assessments.
  • Document interventions accurately and promptly, and coordinate the interdisciplinary plan of care.
  • Collaborate with the healthcare team by sharing patient and family information and observations that support optimal patient care.
  • Prioritize nursing interventions based on assessment, identify changes in condition using nursing assessments and test results, report changes, and take appropriate follow-up action.
  • Evaluate interventions, modify care based on the evaluation, and document interventions and changes to the plan of care accurately and promptly.
  • Follow hospital and Department of Nursing policies, procedures, clinical pathways, and nationally accepted standards of nursing practice while delivering patient care.
  • Suggest improvements to nursing care based on current literature and research, and provide timely information and education to patients and families.
  • Document education provided and obtain feedback to evaluate patient and family understanding and comfort with care after discharge.
  • Communicate effectively with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults; welcome and orient patients and families to the unit; and encourage their participation in care.
  • Review the plan of care with patients and families every shift, explain diets, tests, procedures, and medications in understandable language, and make frequent rounds while communicating when the nurse will return.
  • Provide nursing care across critical care, high-acuity, and specialty environments throughout the organization.
  • Support flexible staffing across inpatient units at Clements University Hospital and Zale Lipshy Pavilion, responding to changing patient acuity, census, and staffing needs while maintaining safe, high-quality care.

Desired Qualifications

  • Have 3 years of nursing experience in an intensive care unit.
  • Respond to reasonable requests in an appropriate and timely manner and communicate concisely and positively.
  • Present constructive feedback about system or process failures and participate proactively in their resolution.

About the Company

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Academic medical center and health system

UT Southwestern Medical Center is an academic medical center in Dallas, Texas, integrating patient care, biomedical research, and medical education. It operates a main campus and regional medical centers alongside four schools, including a medical school and graduate programs in health professions and public health. What sets UT Southwestern apart is research output ranked No. 1 worldwide by the Nature Index, backed by Nobel laureates on faculty. The goal is to advance medical discovery into better treatments and compassionate patient care.

Company size
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Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$18M
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
Founded
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