- Specialty
- Post Partum
- Type
- Part-time
- Shift
- Nights
Job description
Inova Alexandria Hospital is looking for a Registered Nurse (RN) to join the Postpartum Unit. This role will be Part-time Night Shift: 2x12 hour shifts per week, 7:00 p.m. – Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
Retirement: 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 (RN) 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
Accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes and coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient/family transition planning
Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and assists healthcare team members with documentation
Evaluates the process to achieve outcomes, anticipates patient variances and makes revisions to plans of care
Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members
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
Utilizes standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery and ensures that the process for delivery of care is synthesized from direct patient/family communication, technology and other healthcare team member collaboration
Evaluates clinical and quality outcomes and contributes to performance improvement initiatives
Registered Nurse (RN) Additional Requirements:
Education: BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an Associate’s Degree (ADN); Experience : Required 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse, for Critical Care units, 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship. Preferred: Two years of recent Registered Nurse (RN) experience on an inpatient postpartum unit.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association required upon start | For Critical Care Units: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support - Within 6 Months | For Pediatric Units: Pediatric Advanced Life Support- Within 6 Months | For Infusion Center Units: Obtain chemo card- within 3 months of hire
Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license
Two years of Registered Nurse (RN) experience on a Postpartum unit
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.