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About The Position

Requirements

• BSN or associate degree. Nurses with an associate degree must, within two years of hire, meet with their 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 five years of their start date.
• At least 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 Virginia as a Registered Nurse, or hold an active multistate Registered Nurse license.

Nice To Haves

• Prior Cardiac or Medical Surgical Telemetry RN experience in an acute-care inpatient setting is highly preferred.

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 help resolve issues from the patient and family perspective.
• Access resources across disciplines and coordinate healthcare and alternate services for patient and family transition planning.
• Document patient care 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 regarding practice; 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 a minimum of 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
• Up to $5,250 per year in education assistance
• Up to $10,000 in student loan assistance
• 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
• Sign-on bonus for eligible nurses
• Relocation assistance for eligible nurses