PRN Registered Nurse (RN) Pediatrics Medical/Surgical

Inova Fairfax Hospital's L.J. Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced PRN Registered Nurse to join the Medical/Surgical team. This position offers day and night shift rotation in a nationally recognized, 226-bed children's hospital that provides comprehensive medical services and specialists focused on the unique treatment of infants, children, and adolescents in Northern Virginia.

As a Registered Nurse on this team, you will provide knowledgeable and caring clinical practice and care coordination in a patient and family-centered manner. You will work collaboratively with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to deliver safe, therapeutic, and holistic care while respecting individual differences and incorporating patient and family education throughout the continuum of care.

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
• 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 clinical intuition while promoting clinical decision-making development in team members
• Communicate effectively, work cooperatively with others, and demonstrate respect for and understanding of other clinical disciplines
• Assist staff in assessing patients' learning needs and measuring outcomes 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, ensuring 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 your own Team Member Continuing Education Record
• Evaluate clinical and quality outcomes and contribute to performance improvement initiatives
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Active or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse, or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license
• One year of experience as a Registered Nurse in a critical care setting, or completion of a critical care fellowship
• Basic Life Support (American Heart Association) certification
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within 6 months of hire
• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (if Associate's Degree, must complete BSN within 5 years of start date)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• One to two years of pediatrics bedside nursing experience