Nurse Manager Donor Care Services

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Nurse Manager Donor Care Services to join the team. This role will be full-time, regular business hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; must assume 24-hour accountability for the Donor Care Unit operations (be able to check in on team members working different shifts and be available in case of emergencies related to department).

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Nurse Manager Donor Care Services Job Responsibilities:

• Partners with Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) for successful donor management processes
• Assumes 24-hour accountability for the Donor Care Unit operations to include patient care management, team member support and department compliance
• Partners with Inova nursing, Transplant, and Physician leadership to ensure professional development and evidence-based practice standard of care guidelines are implemented and sustained.
• Ensures timely and accurate organ recovery and tracking
• Oversees assigned unit to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, hiring and training team members, creating and implementing business strategies, managing performance of team members, and delegating tasks.
• Ensures quality care by managing clinical nursing practice and care delivery that supports optimal outcomes. Partners with peers, team members and other disciplines in the operating unit and throughout the system to achieve objectives.
• Monitors patient family and external partners' satisfaction and seeks ways to continually improve by ensuring implementation of evidence-based practices such as, but not limited to, discharge phone calls, leadership rounding (i.e. patients, physicians and internal customers), AIDET and HML conversations.
• Participates in the development and implementation of a patient safety program and ensures that staff is clinically competent and trained in their role in patient safety. Influences improvements in practice settings by maintaining current standards and assuming responsibility for self-development in lifelong learning.
• Ensures execution and documentation of the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services core indicators when appropriate. Conducts education and mock MSET's in addition to participating in unit-specific drills.
• 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. Facilitates the implementation of a non-punitive error reporting system to encourage mitigation of unsafe practices. Assists with IRCA completion and implementation of corrective action plans at the unit level. Assists in the development of patient care quality improvement goals at the department/unit level.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Nurse Manager Donor Care Services Additional Requirements:

• Work schedule: regular business hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; must assume 24-hour accountability for the Donor Care Unit operations (be able to check in on team members working different shifts and be available in case of emergencies related to department)
• Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• Experience: Two years of clinical experience related to the unit's scope Certification: BLS from the American Heart Association; ACLS required for Emergency Department, Critical Care, and procedural areas; RN Licensed in the Commonwealth of VA

Nurse Manager Donor Care Services Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: 3-5 years of ICU and/or OR experience; Prior progressive leadership experience; Transplant and/or donation experience