Inova Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg for a nursing job in Leesburg, Virginia. Job Description & Requirements Specialty: Med Surg Discipline: RN Start Date: ASAP Duration: Ongoing Shift: flexible Employment Type: Staff We are seeking a highly skilled Critical Response Nurse to play a vital role in ensuring patient safety and responding to urgent clinical situations across the hospital. This leadership position requires someone who is calm under pressure, independent in decision-making, and excellent at communication and collaboration. You will be a key resource for clinical teams, working closely with the Administrative Director and building strong relationships with providers. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and have a natural leadership mentality, this is the role for you. Shift: 12 hour day shift and night shift 7-7:30 Schedule: full time and part time flexible self-scheduling Key Responsibilities: - Serve as the primary responder to MSET, Rapid Response, STEMI, inpatient Stroke Alerts, and Trauma Activations. - Collaborate with providers and escalate care as needed to ensure patient outcomes. - Assist with assessments, mentoring, and provide expert advice to clinical staff. - Respond to MEWS and high-risk patient calls, providing real-time critical support. - Round on high-risk patients and assist with sepsis screening and rapid response reassessments. - Facilitate clinical debriefs and closed-loop communication for continuity of care. Qualifications: - RN with advanced critical care or emergency care required. - Exceptional communication skills and ability to remain calm in emergency situations. - Strong critical thinking, quick prioritization, and independent decision-making abilities. - Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and lead without formal authority. If you are an experienced nurse with the drive to provide life-saving care while being a key leader in the hospital, apply today! 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, to include 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 Why Inova? Follow the link to learn more about us! History of Inova Why Loudoun? Inova Loudoun Hospital is a growing 211-bed nationally recognized, advanced community hospital with a rich history of proudly serving our growing and diverse community since 1912. We provide compassionate and comprehensive care for the entire family. Inova Loudoun Hospital has been designated as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for the fourth consecutive term, with 10 exemplars in a variety of Professional Practices during its latest designation. It is also a Joint Commission-certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center and Level III Trauma Center. It's exciting to be a part of this growing hospital! We have great benefits! - Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, scholarships - Clinical Advancement Ladder, certification reimbursement - InovaWell program (health and wellness) - 401K matching program - Paid parental leave, Bright Horizons back-up childcare - Employee Assistance Program, Lyra mental health access, Requirements: - 4+ years of critical care or emergency room RN experience preferred - Education: BSN from an accredited school of nursing. - If RN has an associate degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 5 years of start date - BLS for Healthcare Provider Certification (American Heart Association) required - ACLS (American Heart Association) required - NIHSS, PALS, and TNCC preferred or obtained prior to end of orientation Inova Job ID #661010. Posted job title: registered nurse (rn) critical response nurse
