Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor-Pediatric Oncology

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement match

Tuition assistance

Mental health support

Job summary

Inova Fairfax Hospital -L.J. Children’s Hospital is seeking a Pediatric Oncology RN Unit Supervisor for full-time day/night shifts (three 12-hour shifts). The role leads a high-acuity pediatric unit, supports quality and service delivery, and focuses on patient experience with evidence-based care.

Inova offers a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance. The RN Unit Supervisor will drive dependable operations, mentor staff, and partner with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective care

Qualifications

• Certification - Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Licensed Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (or ADN with BSN completion within 1 year).
• Preferred: 1–2 years of charge nurse or Unit Supervisor in a Pediatric unit.

Responsibilities

• Conduct high-quality shift huddles communicating priorities and small tests of change.
• Lead safety huddles and ensure patient and staff safety through rounding and escalation as needed.
• Mentor and coach clinical staff to ensure best practices and care standards.
• Review core measures and KPI trends to drive unit-level improvements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure smooth patient discharge flow.

Skills

Pediatrics

Leadership

Quality improvement

Patient safety

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

ADN with BSN within 1 year

Job description

Job Description

Inova Fairfax Hospital -L.J. Children's Hospital | Pediatric Oncology RN Unit Supervisor | Full-time, day/night shift (three 12-hour shifts) | Sign-on Bonus & Relocation available

Inova Fairfax Hospital -L.J. Children's Hospital | Pediatric Oncology RN Unit Supervisor | Full-time, day/night shift (three 12-hour shifts) | Sign-on Bonus & Relocation available

Our nationally recognized, 226-bed Inova Children’s Hospital houses comprehensive medical services and specialists who focus on the unique treatment of younger patients. Inova Children's Hospital is an award-winning, full-service children’s hospital devoted to the healthcare of infants, children and adolescents in the Northern Virginia area.

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.

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

Requirements

Certification - Basic Life Support

Licensure - Licensed Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Experience - 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse

Education - Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (or Associate's Degree RN within 1 year of completing their BSN)

Preferred Qualifications: 1-2 years of charge nurse or Unit Supervisor in a Peds Unit.

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy‑related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.