Registered Nurse (RN) Intermediate Cardiac Care Unit

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Virginia is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse for their Intermediate Cardiac Care Unit. This full-time role involves comprehensive patient assessments, individualized care planning, and strong advocacy for patient rights. Candidates must have a BSN or AD degree and at least one year of critical care experience. BLS and ACLS certifications are required. Inova is known for its commitment to safety, quality, and patient experience, making it a rewarding workplace for healthcare professionals.

Benefits

Retirement matching

Mental health support sessions

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse in Critical Care units.
• BLS & ACLS certification from American Heart Association.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive patient health assessments.
• Formulate individualized care plans based on assessments.
• Document all patient care activities to standards.
• Coordinate healthcare services for patient transitions.

Skills

Patient assessments

Clinical decision-making

Advocacy for patient rights

Coordination of healthcare services

Documentation standards

Education

BSN or AD degree

Tools

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Job description

Overview

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) Intermediate Cardiac Care Unit to join the team. This role will be full-time, nights; 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.; rotating weekends (every 3rd) + holiday rotations (2 per year).

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.

We honor our RN\'S for providing world-class healthcare-every time, every touch- to each person in every community we have the privilege to serve! Inova Fairfax Medical Center Cardiac, Vascular and Pulmonary Care Program is a 48 bed unit specializing in all cardiac care patients.

Benefits

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• 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.

Registered Nurse (RN) - Intermediate Cardiac Care

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their relationships.
• 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.

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: Telemetry, med/surg; if outpatient - must have cardiac experience; if inpatient - must have a strong foundation.
• Other: Must be open to feedback/learning, has a positive mindset, strong bedside manner, strong emotional intelligence/people connection, & strong conversational skills.