Night Shift, Part-Time Registered Nurse (RN) -Medical/Surgical Unit

Inova Health System; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, VA, seeks a Registered Nurse for the Medical Unit on the Night Shift. This part-time role emphasizes high-quality patient care, care coordination, and collaborative, multidisciplinary teamwork.

The ideal candidate holds a BSN or ADN with a plan to complete BSN, current Virginia RN license, BLS, and 1 year of acute care experience. Inova offers a supportive environment with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Current Virginia RN license or eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• 1 year of RN experience in a critical care or med/surgical setting, or completion of a critical care fellowship.
• Education: BSN or ADN; if ADN, BSN must be completed within 5 years of start date.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient health assessments and synthesize data.
• Develop individualized care plans based on assessments.
• Deliver patient care in a patient/family-centered manner with collaborative teamwork.
• Coordinate care transitions and document all patient care activities.

Skills

RN licensure

BLS Certification

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Associate's Degree in Nursing

BSN within 5 years (if ADN)

Job description

Night Shift, Part-Time Registered Nurse (RN) -Medical/Surgical Unit

Job Description

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse on the Medical Unit. Part-Time, Night shift.

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.

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital is an award-winning community hospital and region leader for behavioral health, orthopedics, rehabilitation therapy, wound and post-acute care.

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)

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 experience as a Registered Nurse, for Critical Care units, 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship

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 med/surgical experience

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.