Night Shift Registered Nurse (RN) - Overflow Unit

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Overflow Unit, a full-time night shift position. The Overflow Unit serves patients with a variety of diagnoses including medical/surgical, telemetry, pulmonary, diabetes, renal, and hypertension conditions. This role offers a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligibility.

Schedule

• 12-hour night shifts (7:00 PM to 7:00 AM)

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 interpret trends in patient populations to achieve best practice
• Conduct 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
• Advocate for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and provide counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues
• Access resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes and coordinate healthcare and alternate services for patient and family transition planning
• Document all patient care activities according to documentation standards and assist healthcare team members with documentation
• Evaluate processes to achieve outcomes, anticipate patient variances, and make revisions to plans of care
• Make clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data, and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision-making in all team members
• Communicate effectively, work cooperatively with others, and demonstrate respect for and understanding of other clinical disciplines
• Assist staff to assess patients' learning needs and outcomes measurement of patient education
• Provide direction and guidance to others regarding practice while serving as a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor; delegate patient care activities and coordinate unit activities as needed
• Utilize standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery and ensure that the process for delivery of care is synthesized from direct patient and family communication, technology, and other healthcare team member collaboration
• Demonstrate evidence of self-development by obtaining a minimum of six formal contact hours and maintain own continuing education record
• Evaluate clinical and quality outcomes and contribute to performance improvement initiatives
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing, or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) with commitment to complete BSN within 5 years of start date
• Minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse clinical experience
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from American Heart Association (AHA)
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse, or active multi-state Registered Nurse license

Preferred Qualifications

• Telemetry experience

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Robust team member wellness program
• Retirement plan with employer match of first 5% of eligible contributions, starting on first day
• Tuition and student loan assistance: up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loan repayment
• Mental health support: 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person per year at no cost for team members, spouses/partners, and children
• Paid time off and paid parental leave
• Flexible work schedules

About Inova Fairfax Medical Campus

Inova Fairfax Hospital is recognized as one of the top 10 Major Teaching Hospitals in the U.S. The hospital maintains high rankings in U.S. News & World Report for the past four years and is included in the 2024 Fortune/PINC AI 100 Top Hospitals. Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality, and patient experience.