Staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Med Surg - $35-53 per hour

Inova Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Outpatient Med Surg for a nursing job in Fairfax, Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• Shift: days
• Employment Type: Staff

Join our compassionate and expert team at Inova dedicated to providing specialized care for high-risk pregnancies. As a Registered Nurse, you'll be an integral part of our maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) subspecialty, working alongside perinatologists and obstetricians to ensure the best possible outcomes for mothers and babies.
Position: Registered Nurse (Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Location: 8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, Fairfax VA 22031
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm

The Registered Nurse Outpatient provides safe/therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way in a physician practice or other outpatient setting. Incorporates differences into the provision of care while integrating knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families to include patient and family education. Achieves desired patient outcomes by using an integrated approach. Incorporates data and information to improve care and enhances outcomes while ensuring improvements in practice settings. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice while serving as a resource, preceptor and mentor.

Job Responsibilities

- Performs essential duties necessary to clinic or non-acute operations to include taking vitals, stocking exam rooms, giving vaccines, blood draws, etc.
- Formulates plans of care based on trends of similar patients including patient education and discharge planning. Identifies variances from expected outcomes. Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions to plans of care.
- Collaborates with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes. Adapts standards and guidelines for individual patients. Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs including cultural, ethical and spiritual needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional healthcare needs (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options, end of life options). Responds to changes in patients' needs and provides holistic caring.
- Makes independent clinical decisions based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
- Actively advocates for patients' rights and identifies potential conflicts.
- Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care. Determines immediate priorities and offers solutions for problems. Works with the team to achieve maximum productivity.
- Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and families by modifying teaching strategies or conten
- Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards. Assists the healthcare team with the documentation process.
- Participates in work groups and/or committees. Keeps informed of initiatives and incorporates the outcomes of team or committee work into practice.
- Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to healthcare team members while displaying leadership behaviors.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Experience: 0 years of registered nurse clinical experience.
Education: BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an Associates Degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 24 months of start date.
Certification: BLS for Healthcare Provider Certification required
Licensure: RN licensed, or eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a RN
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Inova Job ID #654988. Posted job title: outpatient registered nurse (rn) -maternal fetal medicine