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Inova

Nonprofit health system operating hospitals

Registered Nurse - RN, Women's Surgical Specialty Unit

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Part-timeFalls Church, VA, USA$39 - $64.25 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • One year of experience as a Registered Nurse; for critical care units, one year of Registered Nurse experience in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship.
  • A Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing. Registered Nurses with an Associate's Degree in Nursing must complete a Bachelor of Science in Nursing within five years of the start date.
  • Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association is required upon start.
  • For critical care units, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification is required within six months.
  • For pediatric units, Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification is required within six months.
  • For infusion center units, a chemotherapy card must be obtained within three months of hire.
  • Must be licensed or eligible for licensure in Virginia as a Registered Nurse, or hold an active multistate Registered Nurse license.

Responsibilities

  • Perform comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their interrelationships.
  • Formulate individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and patient-population trends to achieve best practice.
  • Provide patient- and family-centered care, integrating knowledge, skills, and experience to meet patient and family needs throughout the continuum of care.
  • Advocate for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and provide counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues.
  • Access resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes and coordinate healthcare and alternate services for patient and family transition planning.
  • Document patient care activities according to documentation standards and assist healthcare team members with documentation.
  • Evaluate care processes and outcomes, anticipate patient variances, and revise plans of care.
  • Make clinical decisions based on experience, patient-population data, and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision-making among team members.
  • Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with others while respecting and understanding other clinical disciplines.
  • Assist staff in assessing patients' learning needs and measuring patient-education outcomes.
  • Provide practice direction and guidance as a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor; delegate patient-care activities and coordinate unit activities as needed.
  • Use standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery, synthesizing care-delivery processes from direct patient and family communication, technology, and collaboration with healthcare team members.
  • Obtain at least six formal contact hours and maintain a personal Team Member Continuing Education Record.
  • Evaluate clinical and quality outcomes and contribute to performance-improvement initiatives.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Recent Registered Nurse experience on an inpatient medical-surgical unit.
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

About the Company

Inova

Nonprofit health system operating hospitals

Inova Health System is a nonprofit healthcare network based in Falls Church, Virginia, providing a broad range of medical services across hospitals, outpatient clinics, assisted living, and long-term care facilities in Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metro area. Its hospitals have Magnet status, indicating high nursing quality, and the system emphasizes care delivery as well as medical research and education through clinicians and scientists. The organization’s operations rely on reinvesting earnings into its mission rather than distributing profits to shareholders, with the Inova Health Foundation supporting fundraising and philanthropy to expand services, research, and training. Overall, Inova aims to improve community health by delivering patient care, advancing medical knowledge, and educating the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Company size
Not listed
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$422.8M
Headquarters
Falls Church, VA
Founded
1956

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