Director, Nursing, Women's Medicine Unit

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a Clinical Director to manage our Women's Medical Unit in Northern Virginia's only dedicated Women's Hospital.

On our new brand new, 30-bed unit, you will see a variety of women's general medicine patients. The Women's Medicine Unit is a sister unit to our nationally recognized Women's Surgical Specialty Unit.

The Women's Medical Unit Director oversees assigned unit 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 assigned 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 assigned department or functional area 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.
• Ensures use of guidelines, standards and evidence-based practice in care delivery, producing quality patient outcomes and a safe patient environment.
• Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for unit. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.
• Serves as a physician liaison and primary information resource/contact for the unit. Ensures compliance with the unit plan for physician satisfaction.
• Maintains and monitors budgetary standards and utilizes resources effectively and appropriately.
• Monitors patient/physician satisfaction and seeks ways to improve by ensuring continuous implementation of evidence-based practices to include, but not limited to, discharge phone calls, leadership rounding (patients, physicians and internal customers), AIDET and HML conversations

Minimum Requirements:

• 1 year of leadership experience (leadership experience may include RN Unit Supervisor Role, dedicated charge nurse or Assistant Nurse Manager or equivalent role)
• 2 years of acute care nursing experience
• Education - Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• Certification - BLS via American Heart Association & Certification in Clinical Specialty or in Nursing Administration
• Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree
• Experience mentoring and developing teams