Registered Nurse Unit Supervisor Cardiovascular Stepdown Unit

Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to announce that the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) awarded Magnet ® designation, the most prestigious accolade for nursing excellence, to our hospital in December 2020. Currently, only 8.5% of hospitals in the nation hold Magnet ® designation and Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to be part of this select group. The new Magnet designation is in addition to several other prestigious recognitions which include: a five star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), being named by IBM Watson Health as one the nation's highest performing hospitals, and among the top 10 Major Teaching Hospitals , an A for Patient Safety by The Leapfrog Group, the #1 hospital in the DC metro area by U.S. News & World Reports, and being nationally ranked in gynecologic care.

CVSD is an exciting and fast-paced environment that focuses on excellence in patient care, exceptional teamwork, and outstanding culture. Our nurses are driven at maintaining a positive and supportive work environment and practicing the most effective and safest care possible. Our culture fosters a spirit of growth, collaboration, critical thinking, and accountability. Our patient population primarily consists of cardiovascular (CV) surgery patients including, but not limited to: coronary artery bypass (CABG), transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), mitra-clips, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR), and various thoracic surgery patients.

Sign On/Relocation Bonus Information:

This Experienced RN position is eligible for a competitive Sign On and Relocation Bonus for qualified candidates.

Key characteristics of our unit include: Bi-weekly multidisciplinary education sessions, entirely private patient care rooms, competitive nurse to patient ratios with 3-4:1 for both day and night shift, highly trained resource and charge nurses proving support on every shift, highly involved management team consisting of clinical director, unit supervisors, and patient care navigator providing consistent training and education and ensuring robust support.

We are looking for nurses that have the following qualities: Passion for Nursing Care, Positivity, Willingness to Learn, Excellent Communication Skills, Autonomy, Critical Thinking. Come join our Team!

Job Responsibilities

• Conducts an effective safety huddle making use of all relevant information and making appropriate decisions to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Ensures all audits are completed accurately and delivered when specified.
• Conducts or appropriately delegates all Safety Rounds (Falls, Central Lines, Foleys, bed alarms, etc.).
  • Conducts or appropriately delegates all Safety Rounds (Falls, Central Lines, Foleys, bed alarms, time-outs, etc.).
• Reviews core measures, KPIs and other metrics relevant to unit/patient population.
• Ensures environmental rounds and operational checks are completed as well as follow-up with relevant departments or people to close out issues that are identified.
• Participates in Emergency Preparedness drills and training as required Participates in Emergency and Safety Preparedness drills and training as required.
  • Participates in Simulation Labs and Operating Room Safety Stand-downs.
• Ensures adherence and can explain/teach others Joint Commission standards that are relevant to areas of responsibility.
• 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.
• Conducts high quality leader rounding to ensure patient satisfaction and identify areas of opportunity.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors’ staff in all elements of the Care Delivery model.
  • Provides oversight of RN rounding to ensure patient satisfaction and identify areas of opportunity.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors’ staff in all elements of the Care Delivery model.
• Conducts quality checks to ensure that intentional and purposeful patient rounding is completed.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors team members, as appropriate.
• Conducts quality checks to ensure compliance and team member adherence to high quality ISHAPED handoff and ensures effective communication with PACU.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors’ staff in doing the same.
  • Escalates barriers to unit leader or other appropriate party, as necessary.
  • Conducts quality checks to ensure compliance and team member adherence to high quality ISHAPED handoff.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors’ staff in doing the same.
  • Escalates barriers to unit leader or other appropriate party, as necessary.
• Conducts and ensures that Patient/MD/RN rounding is completed for areas of responsibility.
  • Escalates barriers to leader or other appropriate party as necessary.
• Participates in analysis of unit-based service outcomes (i.e. HCAHPS, non-CAHPS, etc.), as well as development of action plans that lead to systematic improvements in outcomes.
  • Participates in analysis of unit-based service outcomes (i.e. HCAHPS, non-CAHPS, etc.), as well as development of action plans that lead to systematic improvements in outcomes.
• Integrates evidence-based practice and research into clinical and operational practice.
• Serves as physician liaison and primary information resource and contact for the unit.
• Continually communicates with team (leaders, physicians, employees, patients, etc.) to update them on priorities and areas of concern.
• Collaborates with case management, Pre-Op, PACU areas or other necessary, involved parties to ensure that discharge needs are in place to provide smooth transition of patient flow.
• Completes charge nurse reports/checklists as requested.
• Makes effective clinical decisions based on education and experience.
• Proactively supplies information for bed and/or staffing meeting(s).
• Accurately assesses current state and forecasts staffing and supply needs and works to proactively resolve staffing discrepancies.
• Contributes to completion of annual evaluations as delegated by unit leadership.
• Participates in the disciplinary process for employees, when applicable, by providing necessary input to performance deficiencies.
• Participates in the interview and hiring process for new employees.
• Meet with Director/Nurse Manager daily to review overall shift needs/accomplishments.
  • Manages conflicts effectively.
• Provides 1:1 coaching and counseling to clinical staff on critical processes, standards, and problem solving/critical thinking in a positive and non-punitive manner.
• Serves as a model for professional behavior.
  • Communicates expectations effectively, advocates and supports the clinical staff and promotes an environment of mutual trust.
• Conducts high quality huddles communicating strategic priorities to include discussing barriers and challenges.
  • Conducts high quality shift huddles communicating strategic priorities to include the target, actual and gap, barriers, small tests of change and results of rounding, challenges, celebrations, etc.
• Rounds on staff continually and serves to remove or escalate barriers to providing quality care enhancing staff engagement.
• Supports staff engagement in their work by recognizing those who have exceeded expectations.
  • Coordinates staff breaks or other staff coverage issues (examples: transport, surge, etc.).
    

• At least one year of Registered Nurse Clinical experience. More than 2 years of Registered Nurse Clinical experience specific to the focus of nursing unit preferred.
• Associate degree RNs within one year of completing their BSN. BSN or MSN preferred.
• Completion of revised Charge Nurse Workshop within the first 90 days.
• BLS required. Specialty certification within one year of hire or obtain within one year of eligibility.
• Licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to announce that the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) awarded Magnet ® designation, the most prestigious accolade for nursing excellence, to our hospital in December 2020. Currently, only 8.5% of hospitals in the nation hold Magnet ® designation and Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to be part of this select group. The new Magnet designation is in addition to several other prestigious recognitions which include: a five star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), being named by IBM Watson Health as one the nation's highest performing hospitals, and among the top 10 Major Teaching Hospitals , an A for Patient Safety by The Leapfrog Group, the #1 hospital in the DC metro area by U.S. News & World Reports, and being nationally ranked in gynecologic care.

CVSD is an exciting and fast-paced environment that focuses on excellence in patient care, exceptional teamwork, and outstanding culture. Our nurses are driven at maintaining a positive and supportive work environment and practicing the most effective and safest care possible. Our culture fosters a spirit of growth, collaboration, critical thinking, and accountability. Our patient population primarily consists of cardiovascular (CV) surgery patients including, but not limited to: coronary artery bypass (CABG), transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), mitra-clips, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR), and various thoracic surgery patients.

Sign On/Relocation Bonus Information:

This Experienced RN position is eligible for a competitive Sign On and Relocation Bonus for qualified candidates.

Key characteristics of our unit include: Bi-weekly multidisciplinary education sessions, entirely private patient care rooms, competitive nurse to patient ratios with 3-4:1 for both day and night shift, highly trained resource and charge nurses proving support on every shift, highly involved management team consisting of clinical director, unit supervisors, and patient care navigator providing consistent training and education and ensuring robust support.

We are looking for nurses that have the following qualities: Passion for Nursing Care, Positivity, Willingness to Learn, Excellent Communication Skills, Autonomy, Critical Thinking. Come join our Team!

Job Responsibilities

• Conducts an effective safety huddle making use of all relevant information and making appropriate decisions to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Ensures all audits are completed accurately and delivered when specified.
• Conducts or appropriately delegates all Safety Rounds (Falls, Central Lines, Foleys, bed alarms, etc.).
  • Conducts or appropriately delegates all Safety Rounds (Falls, Central Lines, Foleys, bed alarms, time-outs, etc.).
• Reviews core measures, KPIs and other metrics relevant to unit/patient population.
• Ensures environmental rounds and operational checks are completed as well as follow-up with relevant departments or people to close out issues that are identified.
• Participates in Emergency Preparedness drills and training as required Participates in Emergency and Safety Preparedness drills and training as required.
  • Participates in Simulation Labs and Operating Room Safety Stand-downs.
• Ensures adherence and can explain/teach others Joint Commission standards that are relevant to areas of responsibility.
• 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.
• Conducts high quality leader rounding to ensure patient satisfaction and identify areas of opportunity.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors’ staff in all elements of the Care Delivery model.
  • Provides oversight of RN rounding to ensure patient satisfaction and identify areas of opportunity.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors’ staff in all elements of the Care Delivery model.
• Conducts quality checks to ensure that intentional and purposeful patient rounding is completed.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors team members, as appropriate.
• Conducts quality checks to ensure compliance and team member adherence to high quality ISHAPED handoff and ensures effective communication with PACU.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors’ staff in doing the same.
  • Escalates barriers to unit leader or other appropriate party, as necessary.
  • Conducts quality checks to ensure compliance and team member adherence to high quality ISHAPED handoff.
  • Recognizes, coaches and mentors’ staff in doing the same.
  • Escalates barriers to unit leader or other appropriate party, as necessary.
• Conducts and ensures that Patient/MD/RN rounding is completed for areas of responsibility.
  • Escalates barriers to leader or other appropriate party as necessary.
• Participates in analysis of unit-based service outcomes (i.e. HCAHPS, non-CAHPS, etc.), as well as development of action plans that lead to systematic improvements in outcomes.
  • Participates in analysis of unit-based service outcomes (i.e. HCAHPS, non-CAHPS, etc.), as well as development of action plans that lead to systematic improvements in outcomes.
• Integrates evidence-based practice and research into clinical and operational practice.
• Serves as physician liaison and primary information resource and contact for the unit.
• Continually communicates with team (leaders, physicians, employees, patients, etc.) to update them on priorities and areas of concern.
• Collaborates with case management, Pre-Op, PACU areas or other necessary, involved parties to ensure that discharge needs are in place to provide smooth transition of patient flow.
• Completes charge nurse reports/checklists as requested.
• Makes effective clinical decisions based on education and experience.
• Proactively supplies information for bed and/or staffing meeting(s).
• Accurately assesses current state and forecasts staffing and supply needs and works to proactively resolve staffing discrepancies.
• Contributes to completion of annual evaluations as delegated by unit leadership.
• Participates in the disciplinary process for employees, when applicable, by providing necessary input to performance deficiencies.
• Participates in the interview and hiring process for new employees.
• Meet with Director/Nurse Manager daily to review overall shift needs/accomplishments.
  • Manages conflicts effectively.
• Provides 1:1 coaching and counseling to clinical staff on critical processes, standards, and problem solving/critical thinking in a positive and non-punitive manner.
• Serves as a model for professional behavior.
  • Communicates expectations effectively, advocates and supports the clinical staff and promotes an environment of mutual trust.
• Conducts high quality huddles communicating strategic priorities to include discussing barriers and challenges.
  • Conducts high quality shift huddles communicating strategic priorities to include the target, actual and gap, barriers, small tests of change and results of rounding, challenges, celebrations, etc.
• Rounds on staff continually and serves to remove or escalate barriers to providing quality care enhancing staff engagement.
• Supports staff engagement in their work by recognizing those who have exceeded expectations.
  • Coordinates staff breaks or other staff coverage issues (examples: transport, surge, etc.).
    

• At least one year of Registered Nurse Clinical experience. More than 2 years of Registered Nurse Clinical experience specific to the focus of nursing unit preferred.
• Associate degree RNs within one year of completing their BSN. BSN or MSN preferred.
• Completion of revised Charge Nurse Workshop within the first 90 days.
• BLS required. Specialty certification within one year of hire or obtain within one year of eligibility.
• Licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.