Registered Nurse (RN) Weekend Premium - Labor & Delivery
About The Position
Inova Fairfax Hospital is hiring a Registered Nurse for a full-time weekend premium position on the Labor & Delivery team. The position works the night shift every weekend. The role provides safe, therapeutic, holistic patient care, with growth in caring for increasingly complex patients. The nurse determines care-delivery processes using communication with patients and families, technology, and collaboration with other healthcare team members. The nurse manages care and implements treatment plans at a basic skill level in collaboration with patients, families, and the healthcare team. The role also serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor and demonstrates leadership in decision-making and problem-solving. Float-pool assignments are limited as deemed appropriate by the hiring leader. Inova is a nonprofit healthcare provider with more than 26,000 team members. It describes itself as a national leader in healthcare safety, quality, and patient experience, and highlights professional development opportunities and support for its team members.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse. For a critical care unit, at least 1 year of RN clinical experience in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship is required.
- Basic Life Support certification. For a critical care unit, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification is required upon start; for a pediatric unit, Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification is required within 6 months of hire.
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse, eligible for RN licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia, or holding an active multi-state RN license.
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Associate's Degree.
- For an RN with an Associate's Degree: within 2 years of hire, meet with the nurse leader, identify an accredited school, provide a written plan with an anticipated BSN completion date, submit a transcript review showing prerequisites and course timeline, and complete the BSN within 5 years of the start date.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting and synthesizing multiple, sometimes conflicting, data sets.
- Formulate individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and trends in patient populations.
- Support and empower patients and families throughout the healthcare continuum, from health promotion to end-of-life decisions.
- Advocate for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective; provide counsel and help resolve issues.
- Anticipate patients' ethical, spiritual, and cultural needs and intervene to maximize outcomes; 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 documentation outcomes and contribute to related performance-improvement initiatives.
- Assist staff in assessing patients' learning needs and measuring patient-education outcomes.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams and lead other disciplines to meet desired outcomes.
- Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with other clinical disciplines using an integrated approach to patient outcomes.
- Stay informed about unit initiatives and incorporate team or committee outcomes into practice.
- Act as a clinical resource and mentor to healthcare team members.
- Identify learning needs, develop professional goals, pursue education to enhance practice, help develop and implement educational plans, and review self-development plans and goals.
- Complete at least six formal contact hours and maintain a Team Member Continuing Education Record.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Team member wellness program.
- Inova matches the first 5% of eligible retirement contributions, starting on the first day.
- Education assistance of up to $5,250 per year and 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
