RN Unit Supervisor: Cardiac Telemetry & Progressive Care

Inova Health System; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement match (5%)

Education assistance (up to $5,250/yr)

Student loan assistance (up to $10,000

Mental health support (25 sessions/yr)

Paid time off and parental leave

Job summary

Inova Alexandria Hospital is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor for the Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care Unit. This full-time day shift (Mon–Fri, 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.) may include some weekend shifts.

A sign-on bonus and relocation assistance are available for eligible nurses. Join Inova Alexandria Hospital, a leading nonprofit health system in Northern Virginia, and contribute to high-quality patient care on a 40-bed unit with telemetry monitoring and a strong

Qualifications

• Education: BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an ADN; must be within one year of completing BSN
• 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 in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact; BLS for Healthcare Providers; specialty certification within 1 year from date of hire; completion of revised Charge Nurse workshop within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Conducts high-quality shift huddles and communicates priorities, gaps and changes.
• Leads safety huddles and ensures environmental and safety rounding is completed.
• Rounds on staff to remove barriers and enhance engagement.
• Reviews core measures and metrics and develops action plans for improved outcomes.
• Participates in drills/trainings for emergency and safety readiness.
• Ensures adherence to Joint Commission standards within area of responsibility.
• Contributes to unit-based quality improvement and strategic outcomes.
• Serves as role model in communication and conflict resolution.

Education

BSN from an accredited school of nursing; ADN within 1 year of completing BSN

Job description

Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care Unit

Job Description

Inova Alexandria Hospital is looking for a dedicated Experienced Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor to join the Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care team. This role will be full-time day shift from Monday – Friday (including some weekend shifts), 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance available for eligible nurses.

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.

We honor our RN’S for providing world-class healthcare-every time, every touch- to each person in every community we have the privilege to serve! Inova Alexandria's Hospital Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care Unit is a 40-bed acute care unit with the capacity of providing 24-hour telemetry monitoring. The population not only includes patients with cardiac disorders, and other complex diagnoses that require monitoring. The top DRGS: CHF, chest pain, stable cardiac arrhythmias, pneumonia, COPD, appendectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, uterine procedures, ureteral surgeries, major small/large bowel obstructions, post craniotomy patient and spinal surgeries transfers from ICU. Nurses are trained to be able to manage patients on high flow oxygen and BIPAP.

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) Unit Supervisor Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care 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 escalate 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
• 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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education:BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an associate’s degree (ADN); must be within one (1) year of completing BSN
• Experience: Requires a minimum of 1-year Registered Nurse clinical experience in the acute care setting.
• Certification:Currently licensedas 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. Specialty certification (as required by unit) within one (1) year from date of hire. Completion of a revised Charge Nurse workshop within the first 90 days (3 months) of employment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in Cardiac Telemetry, Progressive Care strongly preferred.

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.