Registered Nurse – Float Pool Med/Surg

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S News & World Report, we invite you to continue your nursing career with us at our Magnet-Designated hospital, William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (CUH).

Job Summary

About the Inpatient Float Pool Team

         The Inpatient Float Pool at UT Southwestern is a high-impact, system-level nursing team that ensures safe, responsive, and flexible staffing across both Clements University Hospital and Zale Lipshy Pavilion. Float Pool RNs and PCTs are cross-trained to support more than 30 inpatient units—including multiple critical care areas, med/surg, oncology, telemetry, progressive care, rehabilitation, and complex specialty services—adapting in real time to fluctuations in census, acuity, and staffing demands.

         More than a coverage model, the Float Pool is a strategic clinical resource that partners with inpatient leadership, Central Staffing, and Hospital Administration to sustain safe care delivery and support hospital-wide operations.

Experience and Education

Graduate of accredited nursing program

Two (2) years current med-surg experience.

Current Texas (or BNE Compact State) RN license

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, and current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification, both accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) required as well as NIHSS

*BSN preferred

Job Duties

Performs and documents physical, psychosocial, and emotional assessments. Takes assessments into consideration age specific criteria.

Anticipates patient’s and/or patient\s family’s needs and expectations and utilizes them in conjunction with assessment to develop appropriate plan of care for patient. Maintains and utilizes competencies per unit expectation.

Identifies and implements appropriate nursing interventions based on assessment. Completes documentation of these interventions.

Coordinates interdisciplinary plan of care. Confers with all members of health care team in collaborative fashion, sharing information and observations of patient and/or family in manner that contributes to optimal patient care.

Prioritizes nursing interventions based upon assessment. Identifies changes in condition as evidenced by nursing assessment, labs, x-rays, etc. Reports changes and takes follow-up action. Evaluates implemented interventions and modifies care according to evaluation. Documents interventions and modifications to plan of care.

Adheres to appropriate hospital and/or Department of Nursing policies, procedures, clinical pathways and nationally accepted standards of nursing practice while delivering nursing care to patients. Suggests practices to enhance nursing care based on current literature and research. Provides answers and/or education to patients and/or patient’s families. Completes documentation of all education provided.

Obtains feedback and evaluation of understanding from patient and family. Demonstrates effective communication with children, adolescents, adults and older adults. Welcomes and orients patient and family to unit. Encourages patient and family participation in care. Reviews plan of care with patient and family. Explains special diets, tests, procedures, and medications.

Makes frequent rounds on patients and communicates when will return.

Assumes accountability for all actions in workplace. Reports errors and takes follow-up action to rectify error. Provides supervision of and direction to unlicensed support personnel and nurses new to environment. Delegates duties within legal para- meters.

Responds to patient’s and/or patient’s family’s complaints to Clinical Nurse Manager or their designee. Utilizes chain of command to resolve issues. Participates in performance improvement activities as directed. Attends at least 80% of scheduled staff meetings and 100% of mandatory educational sessions.

*Performs other duties as assigned.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

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UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community.  As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.