Registered Nurse (RN) Cardiovascular Stepdown

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement matching

Tuition and student loan assistance

Mental health support

Paid time off and flexible schedules

Job summary

Inova Health System is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) for the Cardiovascular Stepdown team in Falls Church, Virginia. The RN will provide specialized, patient-centered care in a collaborative environment for patients recovering from complex cardiac and vascular surgeries.

This full-time night shift role offers benefits such as medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement matching, tuition assistance, and mental health support, with eligible sign-on bonus and relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Must have a BSN or an Associate Degree in Nursing with a plan for BSN completion.
• Minimum 1 year of Critical Care nursing experience.
• Must hold BLS & ACLS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient health assessments.
• Formulate individualized plans of care.
• Document all patient care activities.

Skills

Patient health assessments

Care planning

Patient advocacy

Clinical decision-making

Effective communication

Education

BSN or AD in nursing

Tools

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Job description

Inova Fairfax is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Cardiovascular Stepdown team. On our 24-bed intermediate care unit, our team delivers specialized, patient-centered care in a collaborative environment, supporting patients through recovery following complex cardiac and vascular surgeries. This role will be full-time night shift (days vary); 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.; no on-call; weekend and holiday rotations. Sign‑on bonus and relocation assistance available for eligible nurses.

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: offeringup 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, & flexible work schedules.

Registered Nurse (RN) Cardiovascular Stepdown (IMC) 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: BSN or AD. If RN has an AD, within 2 years from date of hire, they must meet with their nurse leader and conduct the following: 1.) Identify which accredited school they plan to attend 2.) Provide a written plan with anticipated BSN completion date 3.) Submit a review of transcripts from the school indicating the required pre‑requisites and timeline for taking the courses 4.) Complete BSN within 5 years of start date.
• 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.
• Certification: BLS & ACLS from American Heart Association; Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi‑state Registered Nurse license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: Intermediate Care, Progressive Care, Cardiac Telemetry. CV Surgery experience a plus!