Clinical Director, Post Surgical & Oncology Unit

Inova Health; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Inova Loudoun Hospital is seeking an experienced Nursing Leader to oversee our 24-bed adult post-surgical/oncology unit. This role emphasizes compassionate leadership, delivery of exceptional patient care, and building high-performing teams to advance clinical excellence.

You will partner with physicians and staff, manage resources and budgets, and drive evidence-based practice with a focus on safety and satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience: 1 year of leadership experience and 2 years of acute care nursing experience.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Certification: Basic Life Support via AHA upon start.
• Licensure: Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.
• Preferred: Oncology specialty certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees assigned department or functional area to ensure it is performing effectively, including developing business strategy to achieve goals, ensuring legal compliance, coordinating with stakeholders, managing supporting team members, and budget responsibility.
• Ensures use of guidelines, standards and evidence-based practice in care delivery, producing quality patient outcomes and a safe environment.
• Serves as a primary liaison for the unit and ensures high-quality therapeutic care in an evidence-based setting.
• Acts as physician liaison and primary information resource for the unit, ensuring physician satisfaction.
• Maintains and monitors budgetary standards and utilizes resources effectively.
• Monitors patient/physician satisfaction and drives continuous improvement through evidence-based practices.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Job Description

Inova Loudoun Hospital is seeking an experienced, compassionate, and results-driven Nursing Leader to oversee our 24-bed adult post-surgical/oncology unit. This is an exciting opportunity for a strong nursing leader who is passionate about delivering exceptional patient care, developing high-performing teams, and advancing clinical excellence.

Job Description

Inova Loudoun Hospital is seeking an experienced, compassionate, and results-driven Nursing Leader to oversee our 24-bed adult post-surgical/oncology unit. This is an exciting opportunity for a strong nursing leader who is passionate about delivering exceptional patient care, developing high-performing teams, and advancing clinical excellence.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversees assigned department or functional area to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, preparing and implementing business strategy to achieve the organization’s goals, ensuring legal compliance, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, managing employment decisions and contributions of supporting team members, and managing departmental budget and fiscal success.
• Ensures use of guidelines, standards and evidence-based practice in care delivery, producing quality patient outcomes and a safe patient environment.
• Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for unit. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.
• Serves as a physician liaison and primary information resource/contact for the unit. Ensures compliance with the unit plan for physician satisfaction.
• Maintains and monitors budgetary standards and utilizes resources effectively and appropriately.
• Monitors patient/physician satisfaction and seeks ways to improve by ensuring continuous implementation of evidence-based practices to include, but not limited to, discharge phone calls, leadership rounding (patients, physicians and internal customers), AIDET and HML conversations.

Minimum Requirements

• Experience - 1 year of leadership experience and 2 years of acute care nursing experience, leadership experience may include RN Unit Supervisor Role, dedicated charge nurse or Assistant Nurse Manager or equivalent role
• Education - Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• Certification - Basic Life Support via AHA upon start
• Licensure - Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience leading adult medical-surgical, post-surgical, oncology, or other complex acute-care populations.
• Demonstrated success in staff engagement, retention, recruitment, and development of high-performing nursing teams.
• Oncology specialty certification preferred.

About Us

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.