Registered Nurse (RN) Postpartum Unit- Part Time

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

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, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

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) Additional Requirements:

• 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 Registered Nurse (RN) 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 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years of Registered Nurse (RN) experience on a Postpartum unit