Registered Nurse; RN Medical? / Surgical Unit

Position : Registered Nurse (RN) Medical / Surgical Unit Days\n\nOverview\n\nWe are seeking a Full Time Day Shift RN for the Med / Surg Unit, South Tower 8 at Inova Fairfax Hospital.\n\nInova Fairfax Medical Campus is our flagship location, a 923-bed medical center serving Northern Virginia, the Washington DC metro area and beyond. As one of the nation's leading teaching hospitals, we feature the region's only Level I Trauma Center and the largest, most advanced neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the region. Become part of a nationally recognized institution that delivers the highest level of care – care that's shaping the future of medicine.\n\nYou'll have the opportunity to learn alongside talented colleagues who care for each other, leveraging our leading reputation and best-in-class clinical resources.\nResponsibilities\n

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their interrelationships\n
• Formulates individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice\n
• 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\n
• Advocates for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and provides counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues\n
• Accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes and coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient / family transition planning\n
• Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and assists healthcare team members with documentation\n
• Evaluates the process to achieve outcomes, anticipates patient variances and makes revisions to plans of care\n
• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members\n
• Communicates effectively, works cooperatively with others, and has respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines\n
• Assists staff to assess patients' learning needs and outcomes measurement of patient education\n
• 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\n
• 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\n
• Demonstrates evidence of self-development by obtaining a minimum of six formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Record\n
• Evaluates clinical and quality outcomes and contributes to performance improvement initiatives\n
• May perform additional duties as assigned\nFeatured Benefits\n
• Committed to Team Member Health : offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program\n
• Retirement : \nInova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.\n
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance : offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.\n
• 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.\n
• Work / Life Balance : offering paid time off, paid parental leave, and flexible work schedules.\nRequirements\n
• At least one year of Registered Nurse clinical experience in the acute care setting.\n
• BLS for Healthcare Provider certification required.\n
• RN licensed, or eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia as an RN.\n
• Education : \n\nBSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an Associate Degree (ADN), must complete BSN within 5 years of start date.\n#J-18808-Ljbffr