Director, Post Surgical & Oncology Unit

Inova Health System; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Inova Loudoun Hospital seeks an experienced Nursing Leader to oversee a 24-bed adult post-surgical/oncology unit. You will lead clinical teams, drive patient outcomes, and advance clinical excellence.

The role requires a BSN, Virginia RN licensure, BLS, and at least one year in a leadership role with strong collaboration and budget management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required.
• Virginia RN license required.
• BLS certification required.
• Leadership and acute-care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee department to meet goals, including budgeting and stakeholder collaboration.
• Ensure evidence-based care delivery and a safe patient environment.
• Act as primary unit liaison to physicians and internal customers.
• Monitor satisfaction and promote evidence-based discharge processes and leadership rounds (AIDET/HML).

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Licensed RN in Virginia

BLS Certification

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.

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 certificationpreferred.

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.