Night Shift Registered Nurse (RN) Spine Unit

Job Description

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our Surgical Spine Unit Full Time Nights

Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to be recognized as one of the top 10 Major Teaching Hospitals in the U.S. We maintain accolades for high-quality patient care and safety, recognized by top ranking in U.S. News & World Report for the past four years. We're also included in the 2024 Fortune/PINC AI 100 Top Hospitals.

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: offeringup 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: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.

Registered Nurse Job Responsibilities

Performs patient assessments to collect basic data. Follows written plans of care, standards and practice guidelines while utilizing pathways under the supervision of an experienced RN. Utilizes assessment data and patient preferences to identify patient care needs.
Organizes, prioritizes and delivers patient care to assigned patients by utilizing Inova's Nursing Professional Practice Model and Care Delivery Model (i.e. procedures, therapies, tests and patient education) to achieve desired outcomes. Monitors patients' progress toward expected outcomes and adjusts plans of care accordingly.
Provides compassionate and empathetic hands-on care while maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.
States rationale for clinical decisions based on educational knowledge, principles and evidence-based practices.
Works efficiently within the healthcare team to achieve maximum productivity and identified outcomes.
Accurately documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and seeks assistance from others to further develop documentation skills.
Participates in multidisciplinary rounds and meetings as an active member of the healthcare team.
Successfully integrates novice nursing abilities with new knowledge and the capacity to incorporate and transfer these skills into the delivery of safe/high quality patient care. Identifies and seeks out members of the healthcare team as a resource to increase practice/knowledge while seeking validation of clinical decisions from unit resources. Showcases openness to feedback, mentoring and suggestions from colleagues to implement change and enhance care.
Attends and participates in all learning sessions assigned for successful completion of the Registered Nurse (RN) Fellowship. Completes all assignments (e.g. classroom work, computer-based learning modules, laboratory simulations and assigned readings on time and is able to recall, comprehend and apply them in the classroom and clinical settings). Demonstrates a willingness to learn new skills, verbalize reasoning and demonstrate use of equipment and supplies involved in providing safe/high quality and effective patient care.
May serve as a preceptor following appropriate orientation and competency completion.
Performs other duties as assigned

Registered Nurse Requirements

Work schedule: 12 hour Nights(7pm – 7am)
Education: BSN from an accredited school of nursing If RN has an Associate’s Degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 5 years of start date
Experience: A minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse clinical experience.
Certification: Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license. BLS from American Heart Association (AHA)

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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