Registered Nurse (RN) Cardiac Telemetry
About The Position
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus – Schar Heart and Vascular is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the Cardiac Telemetry Unit North team. This full-time position follows rotating day and night shifts, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. The schedule includes holiday rotations (one major and one minor holiday per year) and weekend rotations every third weekend. The Registered Nurse provides comprehensive, individualized, patient- and family-centered care. The role includes assessing patient health, developing and revising care plans, coordinating care and transitions, documenting care, advocating for patients and families, supporting team members, and contributing to clinical quality and performance improvement. The nurse also serves as a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor as needed. Inova describes itself as Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider, with more than 26,000 team members. The organization highlights its focus on healthcare safety, quality, patient experience, and professional development.
Requirements
- BSN or Associate degree. Nurses with an Associate degree must meet with their nurse leader within two years of hire, identify an accredited school, provide a written plan with an anticipated BSN completion date, submit a transcript review showing prerequisites and course timelines, and complete the BSN within five years of their start date.
- One year of experience as a Registered Nurse; for critical care units, one year of Registered Nurse experience in a critical-care setting or completion of a critical-care fellowship.
- BLS and ACLS certifications from the American Heart Association.
- Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse, or hold an active multistate Registered Nurse license.
Nice To Haves
- At least two years of cardiac experience.
- LVAD experience.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their interrelationships.
- Formulate individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and patient-population trends.
- Provide patient- and family-centered care throughout the continuum of care.
- Advocate for patients’ rights, provide counsel, and act as a resource to resolve issues.
- Access resources across disciplines and coordinate healthcare and alternate services for patient and family transition planning.
- Document patient care activities according to documentation standards and assist healthcare team members with documentation.
- Evaluate care processes and outcomes, anticipate patient variances, and revise plans of care as needed.
- Make clinical decisions using experience, patient-population data, and intuition, while promoting clinical decision-making development among team members.
- Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with respect for other clinical disciplines.
- Assist staff in assessing patients’ learning needs and measuring patient-education outcomes.
- Provide direction and guidance to others, serve as a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor, delegate patient-care activities, and coordinate unit activities as needed.
- Use standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery, incorporating patient and family communication, technology, and collaboration with healthcare team members.
- Complete at least six formal contact hours for self-development and maintain a Team Member Continuing Education Record.
- Evaluate clinical and quality outcomes and contribute to performance-improvement initiatives.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Team member wellness program.
- Retirement plan with Inova matching the first 5% of eligible contributions, starting on the first day.
- Education assistance of up to $5,250 per year.
- Student loan assistance of up to $10,000.
- Up to 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person per year at no cost for team members, their spouses or partners, and their children.
- Paid time off.
- Paid parental leave.
- Flexible work schedules.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
