Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatric Specialty Care

Inova Health System • Falls Church, VA

11h

About The Position

We are seeking a full-time RN for our 22-bed Pediatric Specialty Care Unit/
Peds Step Down Unit at Inova Fairfax Hospital/ Inova L.J Children's Hospital.

Schedule: Rotating day/night shifts 3x12hrs.

Inova L. J. Murphy Children's Hospital is an award-winning, full-service
children’s hospital that offers the highest level of dedicated pediatric care in
Northern Virginia. Our 22-bed Pediatric Specialty Care Unit (formerly known as
PIMC unit) cares for intermediate level patients specializing in renal diagnosis
and high flow. Nurses will also care for medical/surgical patients with all
diagnoses requiring step-down care. Nurse ratios are 3:1 for IMC status patients
and 4:1 for floor status patients.

The Registered Nurse provides knowledgeable and caring clinical practice and
care coordination through an understanding of patients, families, nurses and
healthcare delivery teams. Consistently provides safe and therapeutic care in a
holistic and systematic way while incorporating differences into the provision
of care and conducting all patient care in a patient/family centered manner.
Integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and
families throughout the continuum, to include patient and family education.
Communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others while having
respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. Determines
processes for delivery of care from direct patient/family communication,
technology and other healthcare team member collaboration.

Requirements

• Certification - Basic Life Support (American Heart Association); Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 6 months of hire
• Licensure - Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license
• Experience - 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse, for Critical Care units, 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship
• Education - Bachelor's Degree Nursing or Associate's Degree. If RN has an Associate's Degree, must complete BSN within 5 years of start date.

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 interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice
• Conducts 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
• Advocates for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and provides counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues
• Accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes and coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient/family transition planning
• Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and assists healthcare team members with documentation
• Evaluates the process to achieve outcomes, anticipates patient variances and makes revisions to plans of care
• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members
• Communicates effectively, works cooperatively with others, and has respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines
• Assists staff to assess patients' learning needs and outcomes measurement of patient education
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice while serving as a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor and delegates patient care activities and coordinates unit activities as needed
• Utilizes standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery and ensures that the process for delivery of care is synthesized from direct patient/family communication, technology and other healthcare team member collaboration
• Demonstrates evidence of self-development by obtaining a minimum of six formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Record
• Evaluates clinical and quality outcomes and contributes to performance improvement initiatives
• May perform additional duties as assigned

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: offering up 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees