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Certified Medical Assistants (CMA) are often among the first faces patients see when they come to JPS Health Network. Still, much of the work they do to help people get the best care possible happens behind the scenes.

“On the surface, they do a lot of clerical work,” said Devon Armstrong, Director of Outpatient Care Management at JPS. “But there’s a lot more people might not see. They’re the backbone of our department because they do the things that have to be done to let us do our jobs to the best of our ability.”

Emergency Department Registered Nurse Chelsea McBride has been named the Readers’ Choice as Frontline Nurse of the Year by Fort Worth Weekly Magazine in its “Best of 2020” issue.

McBride said she was honored to even be nominated for the award, but she never expected that she’d win it.

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With world class doctors and nurses on the team, lives are saved on a regular basis at JPS Health Network.

Elson Perez, 28, just didn’t expect the team at JPS to save his life twice in a period of a couple of months.

A short-term need to rise to the challenge of COVID-19 and a long-term demand to meet the growing needs of the community have created unique opportunities at JPS Health Network for nurses interested in a rewarding and fulfilling career.

“If you’ve ever wanted to be a nurse at JPS, there has never been a better time,” said Trish Rutigliano, Senior Talent Consultant who specializes in recruiting nurses. “We have opportunities across the health network, both seasonal and long-term team members. There is a fit for just about any type of nurse you can imagine.”

There is a small army of military veterans working every day to take care of patients at JPS Health Network.

They say working for a public hospital that provides care to every member of the community, no matter who they are, appeals to them in a similar way to the satisfaction they got serving their country. That’s why these veterans chose JPS for their second career.

A decade after JPS Health Network leaders reached their goal of becoming the first and still only Level I Trauma Center, they continue to look for ways to get even better at providing top-notch care.

Earning that designation was years in the making, according to surgeon Dr. Raj Gandhi. But the work didn’t end when doctors, nurses, administrators and countless other JPS team members were able to reach that goal.

JPS Level I Trauma Team Saves Life of Officer Injured in Line of Duty

A Saturday shift in June started like any other for Fort Worth Police Department officer Matthew Brazeal.

While everyone’s life has been impacted in one way or another by the COVID-19 pandemic, JPS Health Network respiratory therapists find themselves front and center in the battle against a disease that causes those hardest hit to struggle for every breath.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a tough time for people of all walks of life.

It’s not just our physical health that has been impacted. Fear of illness, worries about taking care of our families, loss of income, and a host of other issues that weren’t even on our radar a year ago have all become factors that have complicated our lives and ratcheted up our stress levels. What can we do to manage these feelings? JPS Health Network has a team of doctors, nurses and other Behavioral Health caregivers at the ready to help whenever they’re needed, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The main reasons people endure Intimate Partner Violence are because they either don’t realize how much danger they’re in or they don’t feel like they have a way out.

Mary Ann Contreras, Violence and Injury Prevention Manager in Trauma Services at JPS Health Network, said screening systems help identify relationship abuse even when the victim might not recognize what’s happening to them.