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Location

Falls Church, VA | United States

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Job description

Inova Fairfax Hospital is currently seeking a passionate and dedicated Registered Nurse Unit Supervisor to join our Adolescent Psychiatry Unit on the day shift. This is a full-time position with a 3 x 12-hour shift schedule (7:00 am to 7:00 pm).

Type: Full-Time

Shift: day Shift (3 x 12 hour shifts, 7:00am to 7:00pm)

Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to be recognized as the #1 Hospital in the DC metro area by U.S. News & World Report's annual hospital rankings. We are a leading healthcare institution committed to providing the highest quality care to our community. Our mission is to deliver world-class healthcare to every patient, every time.

At Inova Fairfax Hospital, our inpatient units are designed to provide clients with safety, structure, and stabilization. Our interdisciplinary team works together to ensure the best possible care for our patients. Therapeutic group activities, including creative art therapy, are an integral part of our patient-centered approach. The average nurse-to-patient ratio is 6:1, ensuring that you can provide personalized care to those who need it most.

The Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor serves as a front line leader who is accountable for delivering highly reliable results related to quality and best practices to improve the clinical operations of the unit. Embraces, uses and understands the research behind nursing practice and quality tools. Supports unit based shared governance and decentralized decision making structures and processes. Acts as a role model who leads by example in delivering "Service Always" and in making patient experience a priority on units of responsibility. Seeks every opportunity to meet the unique needs of each person Inova Health System is privileged to serve - every time, every touch. Serves as an engaged team member who is empowered to support Inova's "People Priority" by providing genuine acts of care, appreciation, recognition, coaching, mentoring and encouragement to all members of the healthcare team, in order to further enculturate Inova's care delivery model and results for all of Inova's strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for staffing, patient review, and placement
• Serves as a resource to the Charge Nurse and staff
• Responds to all events on units
• Assists with orientation
• Conducts chart and environmental audits per TJC standards
• Coaching and education of staff
• Can act as Charge Nurse or take patients if needed

Requirements

• Education : BSN . If RN has an Associates Degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 1 year of start date.
• Experience : 1 year of experience as a RN
• Certification: BLS upon start; specialty certification (as required by unit) within 1 year from date of hire. Completion of a revised Charge Nurse workshop within the first 90 days of employment.
• Licensure: Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse
  
  

*For internal use only: IND-1

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