Registered Nurse (RN) Wound Care

Inova Health System; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement: 5% match

Education assistance up to $5,250/year

Student loan repayment up to $10,000

Mental health support: up to 25 visits

Job summary

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital seeks a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) in Wound Care to join our team. This full-time role involves four 9-hour shifts per week, with office hours Monday through Friday, and no holidays or weekend shifts required.

At Inova, we are a national leader in safety, quality, and patient experience and are consistently recognized as a top employer in the DC metro area and nationwide. RN candidates should have a BSN or ADN, BLS certification, and Virginia RN licensure or

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Associate's Degree in Nursing.
• Experience: 1 year in critical care or completion of a critical care fellowship.
• Certification: BLS from the American Heart Association; Virginia RN licensure or eligible (multistate).

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments.
• Formulates individualized plans of care.
• Delivers patient care in a patient- and family-centered manner.
• Documents patient care activities and assists with education outcomes.
• Provides guidance to others as a clinical resource and mentor.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Associate Degree in Nursing

Job description

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) Wound Care to join the team. This role will be full-time, four (4) 9-hour shifts per week. Office hours: Monday - Friday, no holidays or weekends.

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.

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: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, & flexible work schedules.

Registered Nurse (RN) Wound Care 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
• Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and assists healthcare team members with documentation
• 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
• 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: Bachelor's Degree Nursing or Associate's Degree. If RN has an Associate's Degree, within 2 years of 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 in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship
• Certification: Basic Life Support from the 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: Wound care as a RNs of start date.