Registered Nurse Wound Care

Inova Health System; Annandale (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement matching 5%

Tuition and student loan assistance

Mental health support

Paid time off and parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Remote and hybrid career opportunities

Job summary

Inova Health System seeks a Registered Nurse for Wound Care in Northern Virginia. The role focuses on comprehensive assessments, individualized care plans, and delivering high-quality patient-centered wound care within our team-based environment.

The position requires a nursing degree, VA RN licensure or eligibility, and BLS certification. Preferred candidates have wound care experience and a commitment to ongoing professional development, with options for hybrid and on-site collaboration

Qualifications

• Education and licensure requirements for RN in Virginia.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association;Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state RN license.
• If RN has an Associate's Degree, within 2 years of hire they must plan BSN completion and submit transcripts; BSN must be completed within 5 years.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting datasets and synthesizing relationships.
• Formulates individualized care plans based on assessment findings to achieve best practice.
• Delivers patient care in a patient- and family-centered manner across the continuum of care.
• Advocates for patients' rights and serves as a resource to resolve issues.
• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, population data and clinical judgment.
• Communicates effectively and collaborates with other disciplines.
• Assists staff to assess learning needs and measure patient education outcomes.
• Provides direction and guidance as a clinical resource, preceptor and mentor.
• Maintains continuing education records with a minimum of six formal contact hours.
• Evaluates outcomes and contributes to performance improvement initiatives.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Associate Degree in Nursing

Job description

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, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Registered Nurse 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
• Advocates for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and provides counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues
• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members
• Communicates effectively, works cooperatively with others, and has respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines
• 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

Additional 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
• 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: 1 year of acute care experience as a RN. Wound care experience.

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 System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receiveconsideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity orexpression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (includingchildbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.