Registered Nurse (RN) Observation Unit

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health coverage

Retirement matching

Tuition assistance

Mental health support

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

Inova Health System seeks an Experienced Registered Nurse for the Observation team in Falls Church, Virginia. This full-time night shift role offers an opportunity to provide comprehensive patient care while advocating for patients' rights. An attractive sign-on bonus and relocation assistance are available for qualified applicants.

The ideal candidate must have a BSN and at least one year of clinical experience. Additional benefits include health coverage, tuition assistance, and retirement matching from day one.

Qualifications

• BSN required; ADN must convert to BSN within 5 years.
• 1 year of RN clinical experience in acute care required.
• Licensed as RN in Virginia or under the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact.

Responsabilités

• Conduct comprehensive patient health assessments.
• Formulate individualized care plans based on assessment.
• Conduct patient care in a family-centered manner.
• Advocate for patients' rights and resolve issues.
• Document all patient care activities.
• Evaluate processes to achieve outcomes.

Connaissances

Patient health assessment

Clinical decision making

Advocacy for patients

Documentation standards

Formation

BSN from an accredited school of nursing

Outils

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Description du poste

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Experienced Registered Nurse to join the Observation team. This role will be full-time night shift, (including some weekends), 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. 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: 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

Registered Nurse (RN) Observation 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 from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an associate's degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 5 years of start date.
• Experience: Requires a minimum of 1-year Registered Nurse clinical experience in the acute care setting.
• Certification: Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Virginia or hold a privilege to practice in the State of Virginia under the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association required upon start.

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience in Observation, Med Surg Telemetry, ED, or Cardiac Telemetry strongly preferred.