Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor - MSICU Nights

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) matching

Education assistance

Mental health resources

Paid time off

Job summary

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, VA is seeking an RN Unit Supervisor for the Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit. This night shift role (3 x 12-hour shifts/week) includes orientation during daytime hours and a focus on leading a high‑reliability, patient‑centered unit.

The RN will conduct shift huddles, ensure safety and quality measures, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate staffing and patient throughput.

Qualifications

• BSN or Associate Degree RN within one year of BSN.
• BLS certification required; ACLS within 90 days.
• Licensed in Virginia as an RN.

Responsibilities

• Lead shift huddles; communicate priorities and gaps.
• Conduct safety and environmental rounding; ensure patient care standards.
• Round on staff; remove barriers to quality care and improve engagement.
• Review core measures and KPIs; contribute to action plans for outcomes.
• Participate in emergency drills and simulation trainings.
• Ensure Joint Commission standards are followed; educate team.
• Contribute to professional decision making for quality improvements.
• Coach and mentor clinical staff; support performance improvement.
• Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team for discharge planning.
• Forecast staffing and supply needs; address discrepancies proactively.
• Participate in annual evaluations and hiring processes.
• Provide guidance and support to staff to foster trust.

Skills

Leadership

Quality improvement

Team coordination

Clinical governance

Education

BSN/ASN near completion

Job description

The Medical Surgical ICU at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a RN Unit Supervisor. This is a Night Shift position (3 x 12-hour shifts/week) Must be available to orient during daytime hours.

Sign on Bonus for those new to Inova! Relocation Bonus for those relocating to the area.

The Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU) at Inova Fairfax Hospital is an 18-bed adult unit. MSICU provides specialized, multidisciplinary care for critically ill adult patients with complex medical conditions requiring advanced monitoring and life-sustaining therapies. The MSICU manages a wide range of diagnoses including sepsis and septic shock, acute respiratory failure, ARDS, severe pneumonia, COPD and asthma exacerbations, diabetic emergencies, gastrointestinal bleeding, renal failure requiring dialysis, toxicologic overdoses, neurologic emergencies, and multisystem organ failure.

The Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor

serves as a front line leader who is accountable for delivering highly reliable results related to quality and best practices to improve the clinical operations of the unit. Embraces, uses and understands the research behind nursing practice and quality tools. Supports unit based shared governance and decentralized decision making structures and processes. Acts as a role model who leads by example in delivering "Service Always" and in making patient experience a priority on units of responsibility. Seeks every opportunity to meet the unique needs of each person Inova Health System is privileged to serve - every time, every touch. Serves as an engaged team member who is empowered to support Inova's "People Priority" by providing genuine acts of care, appreciation, recognition, coaching, mentoring and encouragement to all members of the healthcare team, in order to further enculturate Inova's care delivery model and results for all of Inova's strategic priorities.

Job Responsibilities

• Conducts high-quality shift huddles by communicating strategic priorities related to target, actual and gap barriers in addition to small tests of change, results of rounding, challenges, celebrations and other matters
• Conducts effective safety huddles and conducts or appropriately delegates all environmental and safety rounding and conducts and ensures that Patient, Medical Director and RN rounding is completed for areas of responsibility
• Rounds on staff continually and serves to remove or elevate barriers to providing quality care while enhancing staff engagement
• Reviews core measures, key performance indicators and other metrics relevant to unit/patient populations and participates in the analysis of unit based service outcomes as well as development of action plans that lead to systematic improvements in outcomes
• Participates in emergency and safety preparedness drills/trainings as required
• Participates in simulation labs and Operating Room safety stand-downs
• Ensures adherence to The Joint Commission standards that are relevant to areas of responsibility and ensures that team members are knowledgeable of related standards
• Contributes to professional decision making to support and/or implement unit based quality improvement work and strategic outcomes
• Serves as role model to others in communication to patients, identifying concerns, diffusing potentially difficult situations and facilitating resolution
• Serves as a Physician Liaison and primary information resource/contact for unit(s) of responsibility
• Collaborates, with a multidisciplinary healthcare team, to ensure that discharge needs are in place to provide smooth transition of patient flow
• Accurately assesses current state while forecasting staffing/supply needs and working to proactively resolve staffing discrepancies
• Contributes to the completion of annual evaluations as delegated by unit leadership, participates in the disciplinary process for team members, when applicable, by providing necessary input to performance deficiencies and participates in the interview and hiring process for new team members
• Provides individual coaching and counseling to clinical staff on critical processes, standards and problem solving, communicates expectations effectively and advocates for and supports the clinical staff and promotes an environment of mutual trust
• May perform additional duties as assigned

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

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of one year of Registered Nurse clinical experience;
• Education: BSN or Associate Degree RNs that are within one year of obtaining their BSN.
• Certifications: BLS required. ACLS within 90 days.
• Licensure: Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years ICU RN experience. (Prefer Level One Trauma experience)
• Prior Charge Nurse experience
• Unit Involvement/Leadership