Registered Nurse (RN) - Orthopedic Surgical Unit

Inova•Alexandria, VA

8d•$39 - $64•Onsite

About The Position

The Inova Alexandria Hospital Ortho Surgery Unit is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) looking to take the next step in their journey. This is a full-time, day shift position. The Registered Nurse provides knowledgeable and caring clinical practice and care coordination through an understanding of patients, families, nurses, and healthcare delivery teams. They consistently provide safe and therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way, incorporating differences into the provision of care and conducting all patient care in a patient/family-centered manner. The RN integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum, including patient and family education. They communicate effectively and work cooperatively with others, respecting and understanding other clinical disciplines. The RN determines processes for delivery of care through direct patient/family communication, technology, and other healthcare team member collaboration.

Requirements

BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an Associate’s Degree (ADN), must complete BSN within 5 years of start date.
A minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse clinical experience.
BLS from American Heart Association (AHA).
Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Robust team member wellness program
Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions for retirement
Up to $5,250 per year in education assistance
Up to $10,000 for student loans
25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person, per year, at no cost for team members, spouses/partners, and children
Paid time off
Paid parental leave
Flexible work schedules