Inova

Nonprofit health system operating hospitals

Night Shift Registered Nurse Fellow - Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeFalls Church, VA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Hold or be eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse, or hold an active multistate Registered Nurse license.
Hold Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
Obtain Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within six months of hire.
Have one year of nursing experience.
Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or an Associate's Degree; nurses with an Associate's Degree must complete a Bachelor of Science in Nursing within five years of the start date.

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.
Conduct patient care in a patient- and family-centered manner, using 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 processes for achieving outcomes, anticipate patient variances, and revise plans of care.
Make clinical decisions using experience, patient-population data, and intuition while promoting clinical decision-making development among team members.
Communicate effectively, work cooperatively with others, and demonstrate respect for and understanding of 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

Have one to two years of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit experience.

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a RN Fellow to join the PCICU team within Inova's L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital. This position is Night Shift . Sign-on bonus and relocation bonus.

At Inova, the Pediatric Cardiac ICU serves the needs of critically ill infants, children, and adolescents who require specialized heart care. This specialized unit is staffed by highly skilled nurses and a team of intensivists from multiple subspecialties, including anesthesiology, pediatric cardiology, pediatric heart surgery, neonatology (newborn care), cardiac critical care, and pulmonology (lung care). The unit is expanding to include transplant and device management.

Our nationally recognized, 226-bed Inova Children’s Hospital houses comprehensive medical services and specialists who focus on the unique treatment of younger patients. Inova Children's Hospital is an award-winning, full-service children’s hospital devoted to the healthcare of infants, children and adolescents in the Northern Virginia area.

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: 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.

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

Requirements

Certification - Basic Life Support (American Heart Association). Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 6 months of hire

Licensure - Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license

Experience - 1 year of nursing experience

Education - Bachelor's Degree Nursing or Associate's Degree. If RN has an Associate's Degree, must complete BSN within 5 years of start date.

Preferred Qualifications: 1-2 years of Pediatric Cardiac ICU

Salary Range: $39.00 - $64.25

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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