Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care Unit
About The Position
Inova Alexandria Hospital is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor to join the Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care team. This is a full-time night shift position, Monday through Friday, with some weekend shifts required, from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. The Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care Unit is a 40-bed acute care unit providing 24-hour telemetry monitoring for patients with cardiac disorders and other complex diagnoses. Nurses on this unit manage patients on high flow oxygen and BIPAP. The unit serves a diverse patient population with top diagnoses including CHF, chest pain, stable cardiac arrhythmias, pneumonia, COPD, and various surgical recovery patients.
Requirements
- BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an associate’s degree (ADN); must be within one (1) year of completing BSN.
- Requires a minimum of 1-year Registered Nurse clinical experience in the acute care setting.
- Currently licensed as 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.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience in Cardiac Telemetry, Progressive Care strongly preferred.
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.
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, their spouses/partners, and their children
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible work schedules
- Sign-on bonus
- Relocation assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
