Registered Nurse (RN) Expedited Observation Unit
- Tuition help up to $5,250 a year
- 12-hour shifts
- BLS
- ACLS
- BSN
- RN license
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Virginia
2 open- $39–$64.25/hr
Alexandria, VA (opens on this page)
Part time · Posted 2d ago
- $39–$64.25/hr
Alexandria, VA (opens on this page)
Full time · Posted 2d ago
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This posting states $39–$64.25 an hour. Open registered nurse jobs in Virginia post a median of $49 an hour, the middle half $43.36–$51.63, across 1,684 jobs that state their pay, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Registered nurses employed in Virginia earn a median of $45 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria reported 112 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 2,801,757 hours worked: 8.0 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.0 per 100 full-time workers at hospitals, general medical and surgicalnationwide. With its hours, the best estimate leaning on similar sites is 7.9 per 100 full-time workers. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.
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About the job
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Expedited Observation Unit is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to join their team. This role will be part-time, night shift; 7:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. (2–12-hour shifts, days vary).
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 ah 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) Expedited Observation Job Responsibilities
- Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their relationships.
- 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.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education : BSN or AD. If RN has an AD, within 2 years from date of hire, they must meet with their nurse leader and conduct the following: 1.) Identify which accredited school they plan to attend 2.) Provide a written plan with anticipated BSN completion date 3.) Submit a review of transcripts from the school indicating the required pre-requisites and timeline for taking the courses 4.) Complete BSN within 5 years of start date
- Experience : 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.
- Certification/Licensure : BLS & ACLS from American Heart Association; Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous Observation, Medical Surgical Telemetry, or Acute Care Inpatient experience highly preferred
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.
From Inova's job posting for Alexandria, VA, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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Inova is a nonprofit health system based in Fairfax, Virginia, with five hospitals, 1,840 (source: Inova, Inova at a glance (June 2026)) licensed beds, more than 240 (source: Inova, Inova at a glance (June 2026)) outpatient care sites and more than 26,000 (source: Inova, Inova at a glance (June 2026)) team members serving Northern Virginia and the Washington, DC area. Source: Inova, Inova at a glance (June 2026)
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