Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg
Loudoun Hospital
Leesburg, VA
Nights

The Leadership, Physicians and Staff of Inova Loudoun Hospital Have Adopted a "Quality Compact" with Its Community. Inova Loudoun Hospital believes that excellent healthcare begins with accountability to our community. To be an accountable organization, with ongoing guidance and leadership from our board, we have taken the following actions that have been proven to positively influence hospital quality and safety performance. We will continue to share the results of our progress with the communities we serve.
Position details: Full time night shift weekends.
Monitor ongoing performance against the following groups of quality and safety measures:
-Patient infections
-National Hospital Quality of Care indicators
-Patients' satisfaction with their care
-Unplanned readmissions to the hospital
-Set aggressive goals for performance improvement and maintain focus on achieving them
-Ensure that our organization's quality and safety performance continues to measurably improve over time.
-We are seeking a PRN, ICU experienced RN for our Inova Loudoun Hospital.
This four-time Beacon Award Willing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a challenging Medical-Surgical ICU that cares for a variety of diagnoses in our 12-bed unit. The patient population includes but is not limited to, end-stage disease processes, sepsis, post-partum emergencies, respiratory failure, post-operative care, and others that require more intensive nursing care.

The Inova RN:
-Provides knowledgeable and caring clinical practice and care coordination through an understanding of patient, family, nurse, and healthcare delivery team.
-Consistently provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Incorporates differences into the provision of care.
-Conducts all patient care in a patient and family-centered manner.
-Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum, including patient and family education.
-Uses an integrated approach toward patient outcomes.
-Serves as an empowering body to influence patient empowerment, and successful outcomes of financial and clinical quality, through relationships and access-based knowledge. Utilizes standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
-Determines process for delivery of care from direct patient and family communication, technology, and other healthcare team member collaboration.
-Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning
Requirements:

-Requires a minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse clinical experience in the acute care setting, Prefer 1 year ICU experience
-Education: BSN from an accredited school of nursing.
If RN has an associate degree (ADN); must complete a BSN within 24 months of the start date.

-BLS for Healthcare Provider Certification (American Heart Association) required
-RN licensed, or eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a RN
-Proficient in English, strong verbal and written communication skills
-Exceptional interpersonal skill and the ability to display a caring demeanor towards others
-Proficient computer skills required