Inova Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Director ICU – Intensive Care Unit for a nursing job in Arlington, Virginia.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU – Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: Ongoing
- Shift: days
- Employment Type: Staff
The Director, Nursing for Medical Surgical ICU (Med-Surg) oversees the department to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, preparing and implementing business strategy to achieve the organization’s goals, ensuring legal compliance, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, managing employment decisions and contributions of supporting team members, and managing departmental budget and fiscal success. Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for the unit. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment, which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.
Job Responsibilities
- Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.
- Supports and assists appropriately in Inova Health System’s strategic initiatives. Identifies opportunities for growth and provides input to the design and implementation of growth initiatives at the unit level.
- Facilitates the development and revision of standards for patient populations by incorporating an interdisciplinary approach and utilizing best practices and research findings.
- Assists in the development and monitoring of metrics related to process improvement at the unit level by using national and organizational benchmarks that target evidence-based outcomes. Ensures that benchmark targets and research findings are disseminated to staff.
- Participates in risk and liability assessments. Develops and implements corrective action plans. Facilitates the implementation of a non-punitive error reporting system to encourage mitigation of unsafe practice. Participates in the analysis of root cause and variation from quality standards.
- Develops and implements unit-based plans related to patient and physician satisfaction on a quarterly basis. Assists with IRCA completion and implementation of corrective action plans at the unit level.
Minimum Requirements
- Certification: Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support required
- Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse
- 1 year of leadership experience
- 2 years of acute care nursing experience
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing
Preferred Qualifications
- Critical Care or ICU experience preferred
- Masters Degree
- Professional Certifications (examples: CCRN, CNML, etc)
- Experience leading teams of 100+
Inova Job ID #661900. Posted job title: director, nursing, med-surg icu (inova fairfax)
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