Registered Nurse (RN) Postpartum- Part Time Nights

Inova Fairfax Medical Center is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to join the team. This role will be Part-time Night Shift: 2x12 hour shifts per week, 7:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. 
 

< Family Centered Care/ Inova Fairfax Medical Center, Women’s Service Line >
 

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: 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.
•    Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, and flexible work schedules.
 

Registered Nurse (RN) Job 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
 

Registered Nurse (RN) Requirements:
•    Work schedule:  Part time, Night shifts, 2x12 hour shifts per week- 7pm-7am. Staff under 1 year will work 6 weekend shifts/ 3 undesirable shifts. Holiday Requirement: Unit has linked our holidays, and they rotate from year to year
•    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: Required 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. Preferred: Two years of recent experience on an inpatient postpartum unit.
•    Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association required upon start | For Critical Care Units: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support - Within 6 Months | For Pediatric Units: Pediatric Advanced Life Support- Within 6 Months | For Infusion Center Units: Obtain chemo card- within 3 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 
 

Registered Nurse (RN) Preferred Qualifications:
•    Two years of recent (within the past year) Registered Nurse (RN) inpatient experience on a Postpartum Unit.