Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical/Surgical Unit

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our Medical/Surgical Unit Full Time. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible.

Schedule

3 x 12 Hrs Day Shift (7:00 am - 7:00 pm)

Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to be recognized as one of the top 10 Major Teaching Hospitals in the U. S. We maintain accolades for high-quality patient care and safety, recognized by top ranking in U. S. News & World Report for the past four years. We're also included in the 2024 Fortune/PINC AI 100 Top Hospitals.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D. C. metro area and the nation.

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Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision

coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting

on your first day.

• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in

education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their

spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work

schedules.

The Registered Nurse provides knowledgeable and caring clinical practice and care coordination through an understanding of patients, families, nurses and healthcare delivery teams. Consistently provides safe and therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way while incorporating differences into the provision of care and conducting all patient care in a patient/family centered manner. Integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum, to include patient and family education.

Communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others while having respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. Determines processes for delivery of care from direct patient/family communication, technology and other healthcare team member collaboration.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple

data sets and synthesizing their interrelationships

• Formulates individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and

interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice

• Conducts all patient care in a patient and family centered manner,

integrating knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum of care

• Advocates for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and

provides counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues

• Accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes

and coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient/family transition planning

• Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and

assists healthcare team members with documentation

• Evaluates the process to achieve outcomes, anticipates patient variances and

makes revisions to plans of care

• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and

intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members

• Communicates effectively, works cooperatively with others, and has respect

for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines

• Assists staff to assess patients' learning needs and outcomes measurement of

patient education

• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice while serving as

a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor and delegates patient care activities and coordinates unit activities as needed

• Utilizes standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery and ensures

• that the process for delivery of care is synthesized from direct
• patient/family communication, technology and other healthcare team member
• collaboration

• Demonstrates evidence of self-development by obtaining a minimum of six

formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Record

• Evaluates clinical and quality outcomes and contributes to performance

improvement initiatives

• May perform additional duties as assigned

Registered Nurse Requirements

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Education

• BSN from an accredited school of nursing If RN has an Associate’s
• Degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 5 years of start date
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Experience

A minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse clinical experience. *

Licensure

• Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• as a Registered Nurse
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Certification

BLS from American Heart Association

Preferred

experience

1-2 years in Medical/Surgical

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.