Nurse Manager - Medical Unit

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a Registered Nurse Manager to join our Medical Unit Full-Time.

Patient population consists of those with a variety of diagnoses: ED admissions & Medical/Surgical patients

Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to be recognized as one of the top 10 Major Teaching Hospitals in the U.S. We maintain accolades for high-quality patient care and safety, recognized by top ranking in U.S. News & World Report for the past four years. We're also included in the 2024 Fortune/PINC AI 100 Top Hospitals.

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.

The Nurse Manager oversees assigned unit to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, hiring and training team members, creating and implementing business strategies, managing performance of team members, and delegating tasks. Manages a nursing unit with 24-hour responsibility through demonstrated leadership and supporting behavioral competencies. Utilizes the Joint Commission standards and nursing practice tools/research to support a care delivery system that produces quality care with optimal outcomes. Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for unit of responsibility while overseeing the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment, which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice while serving as a resource and a mentor to team members and showing respect for and an appreciation for the contributions of all team members.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversees assigned unit to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, hiring and training team members, creating and implementing business strategies, managing performance of team members, and delegating tasks.
• Ensures quality care by managing clinical nursing practice and care delivery that supports optimal outcomes. Partners with peers, team members and other disciplines in the operating unit and throughout the system to achieve objectives.
• Monitors customer satisfaction and seeks ways to continually improve by ensuring implementation of evidence-based practices such as, but not limited to, discharge phone calls, leadership rounding (i.e. patients, physicians and internal customers), AIDET and HML conversations.
• Participates in the development and implementation of a patient safety program and ensures that staff is clinically competent and trained in their role in patient safety. Influences improvements in practice settings by maintaining current standards and assuming responsibility for self-development in lifelong learning.
• Participates in the risk/liability assessment while developing and implementing corrective action plans. Ensures that all team members possess and maintain proper assessment and clinical skills appropriate for the patient population.
• Ensures execution and documentation of the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services core indicators when appropriate. Conducts education and mock MSET's in addition to participating in unit-specific drills.
• Analyzes practices that contribute to variance, draws conclusions from aggregate data, identifies resources to assist in variance analysis and assists with drawing conclusions from aggregate data.
• Assists in the development and monitoring of metrics related to process improvement at the unit level by using national and organizational benchmarks that target evidence-based outcomes. Facilitates the implementation of a non-punitive error reporting system to encourage mitigation of unsafe practices. Assists with IRCA completion and implementation of corrective action plans at the unit level. Assists in the development of patient care quality improvement goals at the department/unit level.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Certification - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association.

Licensure - Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.

Experience - 2 years of nursing experience related to the unit's scope.

Education - Bachelors Degree in Nursing

Preferred Qualifications : Minimum of two years of progressive nursing leadership experience as a Nurse Manager in a high-acuity Medical-Surgical unit.

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.