Registered Nurse; RN Unit Supervisor Surgical Short Stay Unit

Registered Nurse (RN) Unit Supervisor Surgical Short Stay Unit

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Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a Registered Nurse Unit Supervisor on the Surgical Short Stay Unit Full Time Days.

Sign-on Bonus & Relocation Available. 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 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.

• Conducts high quality shift huddles by communicating strategic priorities related to target, actual and gap barriers in addition to small tests of change, results of rounding, challenges, celebrations and other matters.
• Conducts effective safety huddles and conducts or appropriately delegates all environmental and safety rounding and ensures that Patient, Medical Director and RN rounding is completed for areas of responsibility.
• Rounds on staff continually and serves to remove or elevate barriers to providing quality care while enhancing staff engagement.
• Reviews core measures, key performance indicators and other metrics relevant to unit/patient populations and participates in the analysis of unit‑based service outcomes as well as development of action plans that lead to systematic improvements in outcomes.
• Participates in emergency and safety preparedness drills/trainings as required.
• Participates in simulation labs and Operating Room safety stand‑downs.
• Ensures adherence to The Joint Commission standards that are relevant to areas of responsibility and ensures that team members are knowledgeable of related standards.
• 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.
• Serves as a Physician Liaison and primary information resource/contact for unit(s) of responsibility.
• Collaborates with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure that discharge needs are in place to provide smooth transition of patient flow.
• Accurately assesses current state while forecasting staffing/supply needs and working to proactively resolve staffing discrepancies.
• Contributes to the completion of annual evaluations as delegated by unit leadership, participates in the disciplinary process for team members, when applicable, by providing necessary input to performance deficiencies and participates in the interview and hiring process for new team members.
• Provides individual coaching and counseling to clinical staff on critical processes, standards and problem solving, communicates expectations effectively and advocates for and supports the clinical staff and promotes an environment of mutual trust.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Experience required:
At least one year of Registered Nurse Clinical experience;
Prefer more than 2 years of Registered Nurse Clinical Experience specific to the focus of nursing unit.

Education required:

BSN or MSN preferred; open to Associate Degree RNs but must be within one year of completing their BSN.

Completion of a revised Charge Nurse workshop…