Assistant Nurse Manager – Rapid Response Team – Nights
Location Type: On-site
Job Number: 861221
Category: Nursing
Job Number: 861221
Category: Nursing
Assistant Nurse Manger – Rapid response Team – Nights
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 invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!
Come join us as a leader on the Rapid Response Team. The Rapid Response Team is comprised of dedicated critical care nurses who round daily on patients and use their nursing skills to identify patients who are decompensating, deliver prompt bedside evaluation and early intervention thereby significantly decreasing hospital length of stay, reduce ICU transfers, cardiac arrests, and inpatient mortality. The RRT is the process driver for all codes blues outside the ICU, code strokes, code SEPSIS, and after hours STEMIs. They respond to all clinical emergencies for patients, visitors, and employees and serve as a resource for UTSW nurses. They work closely with providers to ensure timely critical interventions making a difference in patient outcomes every day.
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required
Required a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC).
NIHSS also required.
*Specialty areas may have increased experience requirements as dictated by unit or standard of care.
JOB DUTIES
SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.
EEO Statement
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.
Explore the full range of clinical opportunities we offer to new and experienced nursing professionals.
At UT Southwestern, our 3,000+ nurses are known by their credo, “Excellence is our starting point … not our finish line.” Each day, our nurses deliver the outstanding patient care for which UTSW is known, while also contributing to innovative programs and important research that will benefit patients and create new opportunities for current and future nurses.
As a Magnet-designated institution, our nurses are at the forefront of their profession, dispensing care that is guided by four core values:
Our nurses are committed to being national leaders among academic health centers and to continuous learning. It’s a journey of excellence at every step along the way.
Our nursing culture encompasses a progressive approach to shared governance that helps set the highest standards of nursing care. Here, at your pace, you can tap into our extensive educational and clinical resources as you develop and contribute to innovative programs in clinical practice, research, and education.
Everything starts with a focus on our patients and their families, providing them with personalized care, clinical excellence, and the utmost compassion.
This philosophy mirrors our collaborative team approach that’s fueled by trust, mutual respect, and a commitment to open communication among our physicians and nursing colleagues. We look for ways to leverage your strengths to create higher collective performance and achievements. These ideas help fuel the exceptional professional experience we offer to every member of our nursing team, which includes:
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.