Inova

Nonprofit health system operating hospitals

Registered Nurse Unit Supervisor - Medical/Surgical

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeFalls Church, VA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least one year of Registered Nurse clinical experience is required.
A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is required; Associate Degree RNs are accepted if they are within one year of completing their BSN.
A current Virginia Registered Nurse license is required.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association is required.
Completion of a revised Charge Nurse and RN Unit Supervisor workshop is required within the first 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Conduct high-quality shift huddles, communicating strategic priorities, target-versus-actual performance and barriers, small tests of change and results, rounding challenges, celebrations, and other relevant matters.
Conduct effective safety huddles and conduct or appropriately delegate environmental and safety rounds; ensure patient, Medical Director, and Registered Nurse rounding is completed in areas of responsibility.
Round continually on staff and remove or escalate barriers to quality care while enhancing staff engagement.
Review core measures, key performance indicators, and other metrics relevant to unit and patient populations; participate in analyzing unit service outcomes and developing action plans for systematic improvement.
Participate in emergency and safety preparedness drills and training as required.
Participate in simulation labs and Operating Room safety stand-downs.
Ensure adherence to relevant Joint Commission standards and ensure team members understand those standards.
Contribute to professional decision-making that supports or implements unit-based quality improvement and strategic outcomes.
Model communication with patients, identify concerns, defuse potentially difficult situations, and facilitate resolution.
Serve as a physician liaison and primary information resource and contact for the units of responsibility.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure discharge needs are addressed and patient flow transitions smoothly.
Assess current conditions, forecast staffing and supply needs, and proactively resolve staffing discrepancies.
Contribute to annual evaluations as delegated by unit leadership; provide input on performance deficiencies and participate in disciplinary processes when applicable; participate in interviewing and hiring new team members.
Coach and counsel clinical staff individually on critical processes, standards, and problem solving; communicate expectations and advocate for and support clinical staff while promoting mutual trust.
Perform additional duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

More than two years of Registered Nurse clinical experience specific to the nursing unit's focus is preferred.
Charge nurse experience is preferred.
Registered Nurse Unit Supervisor experience is preferred.

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a RN Unit Supervisor to join our Medical/Surgical Unit. This role will be Full Time, Nights. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible.

Work schedule: 12 hour nights(7pm – 7am)

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.

Featured 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: offeringup 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: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.

The Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor serves as a front line leader who is accountable for delivering highly reliable results related to quality and best practices to improve the clinical operations of the unit. Embraces, uses and understands the research behind nursing practice and quality tools. Supports unit based shared governance and decentralized decision making structures and processes. Acts as a role model who leads by example in delivering "Service Always" and in making patient experience a priority on units of responsibility. Seeks every opportunity to meet the unique needs of each person Inova Health System is privileged to serve – every time, every touch. Serves as an engaged team member who is empowered to support Inova's "People Priority" by providing genuine acts of care, appreciation, recognition, coaching, mentoring and encouragement to all members of the healthcare team, in order to further enculturate Inova's care delivery model and results for all of Inova's strategic priorities.

Job Responsibilities

Conducts high quality shift huddles by communicating strategic priorities related to target, actual and gap barriers in addition to small tests of change, results of rounding, challenges, celebrations and other matters
Conducts effective safety huddles and conducts or appropriately delegates all environmental and safety rounding and conducts and ensures that Patient, Medical Director and RN rounding is completed for areas of responsibility
Rounds on staff continually and serves to remove or escalate barriers to providing quality care while enhancing staff engagement
Reviews core measures, key performance indicators and other metrics relevant to unit/patient populations and participates in the analysis of unit based service outcomes as well as development of action plans that lead to systematic improvements in outcomes
Participates in emergency and safety preparedness drills/trainings as required
Participates in simulation labs and Operating Room safety stand-downs
Ensures adherence to The Joint Commission standards that are relevant to areas of responsibility and ensures that team members are knowledgeable of related standards
Contributes to professional decision making to support and/or implement unit based quality improvement work and strategic outcomes
Serves as role model to others in communication to patients, identifying concerns, diffusing potentially difficult situations and facilitating resolution
Serves as a Physician Liaison and primary information resource/contact for unit(s) of responsibility
Collaborates with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure that discharge needs are in place to provide smooth transition of patient flow
Accurately assesses current state while forecasting staffing/supply needs and working to proactively resolve staffing discrepancies
Contributes to the completion of annual evaluations as delegated by unit leadership, participates in the disciplinary process for team members, when applicable, by providing necessary input to performance deficiencies and participates in the interview and hiring process for new team members
Provides individual coaching and counseling to clinical staff on critical processes, standards and problem solving, communicates expectations effectively and advocates for and supports the clinical staff and promotes an environment of mutual trust
May perform additional duties as assigned

Requirements

Experience: At least one year of Registered Nurse Clinical experience;

Education: BSN; open to Associate Degree RNs but must be within one year of completing their BSN.

Certification: BLS by American Heart Association. required. Completion of a revised Charge Nurse and RN Unit Supervisor workshop within the first 90 days of employment.

Licensure: Virginia RN License.

Preferred Qualifications:

Prefer more than 2 years of Registered Nurse Clinical Experience specific to the focus of nursing unit.

Charge nurse experience, RN Unit supervisor experience

Salary Range: $46.00 - $76.25

Pay Rate Frequency: HOURLY

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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