Registered Nurse (RN) Postpartum Unit- Part Time

Inova Health System•Alexandria, VA

2d•$39 - $64•Onsite

About The Position

Inova Alexandria Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse to join its Postpartum Unit. This is a part-time night-shift role consisting of two 12-hour shifts per week, from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. The Registered Nurse provides comprehensive, patient- and family-centered care across the continuum. The role includes assessing patients, formulating individualized care plans, coordinating care and transitions, documenting care, evaluating outcomes, supporting patient education, and serving as a clinical resource to colleagues. Nurses also contribute to quality improvement and maintain their professional development. 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

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing; an RN with an Associate’s Degree in Nursing must complete a BSN within five years of the start date.
At least one year of experience as a Registered Nurse; for critical care units, one year of experience in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship is required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association is required upon start.
Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse, or holds an active multi-state Registered Nurse license.
For critical care units: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification within six months.
For pediatric units: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within six months.
For infusion center units: obtain a chemotherapy card within three months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Two years of recent Registered Nurse experience on an inpatient postpartum unit.

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 patient-population trends to achieve best practice.
Provides patient- and family-centered care, integrating knowledge, skills, and experience to meet needs throughout the continuum of care.
Advocates for patients’ rights from the patient and family perspective, provides counsel, and acts as a resource to resolve issues.
Accesses resources across disciplines to achieve patient outcomes and coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient and family transition planning.
Documents patient care activities according to documentation standards and assists healthcare team members with documentation.
Evaluates care processes and outcomes, anticipates patient variances, and revises plans of care as needed.
Makes clinical decisions using experience, patient-population data, and intuition, while promoting clinical decision-making development among team members.
Communicates effectively, works cooperatively, and respects and understands other clinical disciplines.
Assists staff in assessing patients’ learning needs and measuring patient-education outcomes.
Provides direction and guidance to others, serves as a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor, delegates patient-care activities, and coordinates unit activities as needed.
Uses standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery and synthesizes care delivery through patient and family communication, technology, and healthcare-team collaboration.
Obtains a minimum of six formal contact hours for self-development and maintains a Team Member Continuing Education Record.
Evaluates clinical and quality outcomes and contributes to performance-improvement initiatives.
May 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.
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.
Remote and hybrid career opportunities.