Registered Nurse; RN Critical Care Float Pool

Registered Nurse (RN) Critical Care Float Pool

Falls Church, VA, United States

Job Identification: 682931

Posting Date: 05/11/2026, 11:35 AM

Job Schedule:

Full time

Locations:
Inova Fairfax Hospital (On-site)

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) Critical Care Float Pool to join the team. Our nurses have the unique opportunity to float to all five intensive care units at Fairfax Medical Campus:
Trauma, Med/Surg, Neuro, Cardiovascular, and Cardiac Critical Care.

Full‑time Day Shift: Days Vary 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.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.

• 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, and flexible work schedules.

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple, sometimes conflicting, 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.
• Supports and empowers patients/families as they progress through the healthcare continuum from health promotion to end‑of‑life decisions.
• Advocates for patients’ rights from the patient/family perspective while providing counsel and acting as a resource to resolve issues.
• Anticipates ethical, spiritual and cultural needs of patients and intervenes to maximize 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 outcomes of documentation and contributes to related performance improvement initiatives.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare teams and leads other disciplines to meet desired outcomes.
• Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to healthcare team members.
• Demonstrates evidence of self‑development by obtaining a minimum of six formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Records.

• Education: Graduate of an accredited Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • If RNs have an Associate’s Degree within 2 years of hire, they must meet with their nurse leader and conduct the following:
  • 1. Identify which school they plan to attend.
  • 2. Provide a written plan with anticipated BSN completion.
  • 3. Submit a review of transcripts from the school indicating the required prerequisites and timeline for taking the courses.
  • 4. Complete BSN within 5 years of start date.
• Licensure: Licensed Registered Nurse or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi‑state Registered Nurse license.
• Experience: 2+ years of critical care RN experience preferred.
• Certifications: BLS for Healthcare Provider Certification (American Heart Association), ACLS (American Heart Association) & NIHSS.

Inova Health System 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.