Registered Nurse - Urgent Heart Failure Clinic

Inova Health System • Falls Church, VA

14d • Onsite

About The Position

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Urgent Heart Failure Clinic Registered Nurse to join the team. This role will be full-time, day shift: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (must be flexible). No travel required. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible.
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.
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, & flexible work schedules.
Urgent Heart Failure Clinic Registered Nurse Job Responsibilities:
Facilitates the daily operations of the APP-led clinic by providing same-day or next-day evaluations and executing established protocols for outpatient IV bolus diuretics to stabilize volume-overloaded patients and prevent hospitalization
Works closely with heart failure cardiologists, APPs, and pharmacists to design and deploy individualized treatment plans while providing comprehensive patient and family education regarding medications and care goals
Utilizes an integrated, collaborative approach to achieve desired outcomes, serving as a vital resource and mentor to the healthcare team while demonstrating strong leadership in decision-making and problem-solving
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
Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members
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
Demonstrates evidence of self-development by obtaining a minimum of six formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Record
May perform additional duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience: A minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse clinical experience.
Education: BSN or ADN - If ADN then complete BSN within 5 years of start date
Certification: BLS for Healthcare Provider Certification from the American Heart Association required
License: RN licensed, and eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Requirements

• A minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse clinical experience.
• BSN or ADN - If ADN then complete BSN within 5 years of start date
• BLS for Healthcare Provider Certification from the American Heart Association required
• RN licensed, and eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Nice To Haves

• Telemetry, ICU, CVICU, IMC - step down; heart failure experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in IV starts and assessment of volume-overloaded cardiac patients.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the daily operations of the APP-led clinic by providing same-day or next-day evaluations and executing established protocols for outpatient IV bolus diuretics to stabilize volume-overloaded patients and prevent hospitalization
• Works closely with heart failure cardiologists, APPs, and pharmacists to design and deploy individualized treatment plans while providing comprehensive patient and family education regarding medications and care goals
• Utilizes an integrated, collaborative approach to achieve desired outcomes, serving as a vital resource and mentor to the healthcare team while demonstrating strong leadership in decision-making and problem-solving
• 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
• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members
• 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
• Demonstrates evidence of self-development by obtaining a minimum of six formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Record
• May perform additional duties as assigned

Benefits

• offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• 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.
• offering paid time off, paid parental leave, & flexible work schedules.
• Sign-on bonus
• relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree