Registered Nurse - Rapid Response Team - $5k Sign-On Bonus

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• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

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Position: RN - Rapid Response Team - 5K Bonus!

Work Schedule: Night Shifts from 7p-7a, Rotating weekends required

Job Summary:

Make a Life-Saving Impact—Join UT Southwestern’s Rapid Response Team (RRT)! Are you a skilled critical care nurse looking to take your expertise beyond the unit? At UT Southwestern, our Rapid Response Team is a powerhouse of experienced professionals who respond when seconds matter most—bringing advanced critical care expertise directly to the bedside.

As an RRT nurse, you’ll:

• Provide immediate, expert intervention for patients showing signs of clinical deterioration
• Be a trusted resource for frontline staff across the hospital
• Play a vital role in improving patient safety and outcomes hospital-wide

This is more than a job—it’s a calling. If you're passionate about patient safety, thrive in high-stakes situations, and want to be part of a team that truly makes a difference, we’d love to meet you.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs and accurately documents physical, psychosocial, and emotional assessments. All assessments take into consideration age specific criteria (children, adolescents, adults and older adults).
• Actively anticipates patients and/or patient's family needs and expectations and utilizes these in conjunction with the assessment to develop an appropriate plan of care for the patient. Utilizes critical thinking skills in planning and prioritizing nursing care. Maintains and utilizes competencies per unit expectation.
• Identifies and implements appropriate nursing interventions based on the completed assessment. Completes accurate and timely documentation of these interventions. Active coordinator of the interdisciplinary plan of care. Confers with all members of the health care team in a collaborative fashion. Shares information and observations of the patient and/or patient's family in a manner that advocates for optimal patient care.
• Appropriately prioritizes nursing interventions based upon completed assessment. Promptly identifies changes in condition as evidenced by nursing assessment, labs, x-rays, etc. Reports changes, takes follow-up action as appropriate. Actively involves patient in plan of care and keeps patient, family and/or care-giver informed.
• Evaluates implemented interventions and modifies care according to the evaluation. Documents interventions and modifications to the plan of care in an accurate and timely manner.
• Adheres to appropriate hospital and/or Department of Nursing policies, procedures, clinical pathways and nationally accepted standards of nursing practice. Incorporates ANA standards, into the provision of safe, quality patient care, utilizing current literature, and research. Practices in accordance with our Professional Practice Model "Relationship Based Care" and delivers care using our Care Delivery System "PACE" - Patient Focused, Accountable, Coordinated and Continuous and Evidence Based.
• Provides appropriate and timely answers and/or education to patients, patient's families, significant others and/or caregivers. Completes accurate and timely documentation of all education provided including discharge plan of care. Assesses competence, obtains feedback/evaluation of understanding from patient, family, significant others and/or /caregivers. Demonstrates effective communication based on individual patient needs and learning preferences.
• Welcomes and orients patient, family, significant other and/or caregiver to the unit. Encourages patient/family participation in care. Reviews personalized patient plan of care with patient/family every shift. Updates white boards accordingly and sets daily goals with patient input. Explains special diets, tests, procedures and medications in easily understood and appropriate language. Makes hourly rounds on patients and communicates when they will return.
• Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions:
• a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients;
• b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants;
• c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or
• d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

Required

Education

• Graduate of an approved/accredited nursing program

Experience

• 1 year of RN experience.
• *Preferred: Three or more years exp in the ICU setting or Strong Emergency Department experience

Licenses and Certifications

• Current Texas (or BNE Compact State) license (BLS) & (ACLS) certification, course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) required as well as PALS and NIHSS
• Specialty areas may have increased certification/license requirements as dictated by unit or standard of care.
• The RRT RN is required to work a minimum of one shift every two weeks in a critical care setting providing direct patient care.
• Three years of critical care (ICU) experience strongly preferred
• BSN preferred

Required Skills

• Skilled critical care nurse with ability to provide immediate, expert intervention for patients showing signs of clinical deterioration.
• Ability to utilize critical thinking skills in planning and prioritizing nursing care.
• Ability to accurately document physical, psychosocial, and emotional assessments and interventions.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with all members of the health care team.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, significant others, and caregivers, including providing education and discharge planning.
• Ability to adhere to hospital and Department of Nursing policies, procedures, clinical pathways and nationally accepted standards of nursing practice.