Nurse Manager (RN) Emergency Level 1 Trauma

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Inova Fairfax Hospital – Emergency Level 1 Trauma is seeking a dedicated Nurse Manager to join our team. The role is full-time, Monday–Friday, evenings, with relocation and sign-on bonus available for eligible candidates.

Inova is a national leader in safety, quality and patient experience, recognized as a top employer in the DC metro area and the nation. Join us to lead a high-performing trauma emergency unit and contribute to exceptional patient care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
• 2 years of nursing experience related to the unit's scope.
• BLS & ACLS required for ED/CCU/procedural areas; Virginia RN license.

Responsibilities

• Oversees assigned unit to ensure effective performance, including hiring/training, and delegating tasks.
• Manages clinical nursing practice and care delivery to support optimal outcomes.
• Monitors patient satisfaction and improves through evidence-based practices.
• Contributes to patient safety program and ensures staff competency in safety.
• Assists in risk assessment and corrective action planning at the unit level.
• Ensures CMS core indicators are executed and education/Drills are conducted.
• Analyzes practices, uses data to identify improvements and efficiency.
• Supports development/monitoring of process-improvement metrics.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing

Clinical nursing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Inova Fairfax Hospital - Emergency Level 1 Trauma is looking for a dedicated Nurse Manager to join the team. This role will be full-time, Monday - Friday, evenings. Relocation and Sign On Bonus Available for Eligible Candidates.

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.

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.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, and flexible work schedules.

Nurse Manager - Emergency Level 1 Trauma Job Responsibilities:

• Oversees assigned unit to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, hiring and training team members, creating and implementing business strategies, managing performance of team members, and delegating tasks.
• Ensures quality care by managing clinical nursing practice and care delivery that supports optimal outcomes. Partners with peers, team members and other disciplines in the operating unit and throughout the system to achieve objectives.
• Monitors customer satisfaction and seeks ways to continually improve by ensuring implementation of evidence‑based practices such as, but not limited to, discharge phone calls, leadership rounding (i.e. patients, physicians and internal customers), AIDET and HML conversations.
• Participates in the development and implementation of a patient safety program and ensures that staff is clinically competent and trained in their role in patient safety. Influences improvements in practice settings by maintaining current standards and assuming responsibility for self‑development in lifelong learning.
• Participates in the risk/liability assessment while developing and implementing corrective action plans. Ensures that all team members possess and maintain proper assessment and clinical skills appropriate for the patient population.
• Ensures execution and documentation of the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services core indicators when appropriate. Conducts education and mock MSETs in addition to participating in unit‑specific drills.
• Analyzes practices that contribute to variance, draws conclusions from aggregate data, identifies resources to assist in variance analysis and assists with drawing conclusions from aggregate data.
• Assists in the development and monitoring of metrics related to process improvement at the unit level by using national and organizational benchmarks that target evidence‑based outcomes. Facilitates the implementation of a non‑punitive error reporting system to encourage mitigation of unsafe practices. Assists with IRCA completion and implementation of corrective action plans at the unit level. Assists in the development of patient care quality improvement goals at the department/unit level.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• Experience: 2 years of nursing experience related to the unit's scope.
• Certification/Licensure: Basic Life Support & Advanced Cardiovascular Life required for Emergency Department, Critical Care, and procedural areas from the American Heart Association; Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: Experience in a leadership role (Supervisor & above) as a Registered Nurse; strong leadership skills; strong chart/clinical nurse experience
• Certification: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)