Inova Health Systems

Registered Nurse Unit Supervisor

Inova Health Systems • $80K — $95K *
Fairfax, VA 22030In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Licensed Registered Nurse in Virginia
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (or Associate's Degree RN within 1 year of obtaining BSN)
  • 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse
  • Certification in Basic Life Support
  • Inova RN Unit Supervisor and Charge Nurse Training within 3 months of hire

Responsibilities

  • Conduct high-quality shift huddles to communicate strategic priorities
  • Lead effective safety huddles and ensure comprehensive safety rounding
  • Continuously round on staff to address barriers to quality care
  • Monitor and review key performance indicators and service outcomes
  • Participate in emergency preparedness drills and training
  • Ensure adherence to Joint Commission standards within unit responsibilities
  • Serve as a role model in patient communication and conflict resolution
  • Act as Physician Liaison for the unit and address unit-related needs
  • Collaborate with healthcare team for smooth patient discharge
  • Forecast staffing needs and proactively resolve discrepancies
  • Support performance evaluations and the hiring process for new team members
  • Provide coaching and counseling to clinical staff

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth and development
  • Collaborative multidisciplinary healthcare environment
  • Full-time position with night shift scheduling
  • Participation in training and safety preparedness drills
  • Engagement in quality improvement initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Description

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse Unit Supervisor. This role will be Full-Time, Nights shift (32 hours per week)

Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor Job Responsibilities:
  • Conducts high quality shift huddles by communicating strategic priorities related to target, actual and gap barriers in addition to small tests of change, results of rounding, challenges, celebrations and other matters
  • Conducts effective safety huddles and conducts or appropriately delegates all environmental and safety rounding and conducts and ensures that Patient, Medical Director and RN rounding is completed for areas of responsibility
  • Rounds on staff continually and serves to remove or escalate barriers to providing quality care while enhancing staff engagement
  • Reviews core measures, key performance indicators and other metrics relevant to unit/patient populations and participates in the analysis of unit-based service outcomes as well as development of action plans that lead to systematic improvements in outcomes
  • Participates in emergency and safety preparedness drills/trainings as required
  • Participates in simulation labs and Operating Room safety stand-downs
  • Ensures adherence to The Joint Commission standards that are relevant to areas of responsibility and ensures that team members are knowledgeable of related standards
  • Contributes to professional decision making to support and/or implement unit based quality improvement work and strategic outcomes
  • Serves as role model to others in communication to patients, identifying concerns, diffusing potentially difficult situations and facilitating resolution
  • Serves as a Physician Liaison and primary information resource/contact for unit(s) of responsibility
  • Collaborates with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure that discharge needs are in place to provide smooth transition of patient flow
  • Accurately assesses current state while forecasting staffing/supply needs and working to proactively resolve staffing discrepancies
  • Contributes to the completion of annual evaluations as delegated by unit leadership, participates in the disciplinary process for team members, when applicable, by providing necessary input to performance deficiencies and participates in the interview and hiring process for new team members
  • Provides individual coaching and counseling to clinical staff on critical processes, standards and problem solving, communicates expectations effectively and advocates for and supports the clinical staff and promotes an environment of mutual trust
  • May perform additional duties as assigned


Minimum Qualifications:
  • Certification: Basic Life Support; Inova RN Unit Supervisor and Charge Nurse Training (Within 3 months)
  • Licensed Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Experience: 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (or Associate's Degree RN within 1 year of completing their BSN)


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working with Women's and children's population is preferred


About Inova Health Systems

Inova Health Systems is a non-profit healthcare organization that provides medical services to patients in Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The organization was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. Inova Health Systems operates several hospitals and medical centers, as well as a network of primary care and specialty clinics. The organization is committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered care and is recognized for its expertise in areas such as cancer care, heart and vascular care, and women's health.
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Size
18,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
* Ladders Estimates

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