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JPS Medical Home Southwest Tarrant, the next primary care medical clinic and the first major project of the JPS Bond Program, will be constructed at the intersection of Mesa Springs Drive and Granbury Road in Fort Worth.

The JPS Health Network Board of Managers on July 14 unanimously approved a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Kroger Texas for the property for the price of $4,050,000. Members of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the agreement on July 12.

Ensuring timely access to exceptional trauma care

For more than a decade, JPS has served as a leader in trauma care. Our teams are always ready to provide life-saving care to all patients. And once again, JPS has proven that our care is among the best. JPS has been re-verified by American College of Surgeons and re-designated by Texas Department of State Health Services as a Level I Trauma Center.

JPS is the only Level I Trauma facility in Tarrant County and is one of just 20 designated facilities in Texas. Level I is the highest of four levels.

JPS is best in class for how well the Network serves its patients and communities

JPS Health Network has been named among the most socially responsible hospitals in the United States by the Lown Institute, and is among 15 hospitals that earned the designation while managing extraordinary challenges during the pandemic.

For Jonathan Demiar, the fact that JPS is a Level I Trauma Center was a big draw when he considered where to start his career. JPS has the first and only Level I Trauma Center in Tarrant County, allowing the hospital to treat the most critically injured and ill patients.

“I had family that worked here for years and I already knew that I wanted to work in a Level I Trauma Center,” he said. “I was drawn to work here because I wanted to work at a place that is able to provide comprehensive care to all of its patients, no matter how sick and injured they are.”

Priyambada Sitoula is on her way to becoming a nurse.

She is from Nepal and started working as a pharmacy technician in the JPS Inpatient Pharmacy at JPS about a year ago, preparing and delivering medications to hospital units. Along with working at JPS, she is a pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at the University of Texas at Arlington.

The former site of Hemphill Behavioral Health Center is being demolished to make room for additional team member parking on the southwest corner of the JPS Main Campus.

Triet M. La is an attending psychiatrist at JPS Health Network, caring for patients in the Psychiatric Emergency Center (PEC). It’s the only one of its kind in Tarrant County and works to meet the needs of patients experiencing crises.

He started his journey at JPS after completing medical school rotations in 2016, when he developed a strong passion for the PEC. “Because of this experience, I wanted to be a psychiatrist,” he said. He began his psychiatry residency at JPS in 2017.

Technically, Huyen Le’s first day at JPS was in November 1988 when he was born here.

Years later, as a diagnostic medical sonography student, he completed a rotation in the General Ultrasound Department, and was impressed with the culture at JPS. After graduating, he was offered a PRN or as needed position. In March 2017, not long after, became full time when a position opened up.

Sesane Sok had been doing hair on the side when she decided to pursue a job in healthcare. She is a Patient Access Representative at JPS Medical Home Southeast Tarrant. She started there in 2017.

“I wanted a job where I could grow and learn different fields. I love what I do today,” she said.

JPS seeks community input on healthcare needs

JPS is the community healthcare provider for all of Tarrant County, so it is essential that the public continue to be a part of the JPS Bond Program as it unfolds.

As plans take shape for the new JPS Medical Home Southwest, JPS is holding Community Listening Sessions. JPS wants to hear from people who live and work in the area and learn about their health needs, especially for behavioral health services.