staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - $35-53 per hour at Inova Health System

Inova Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg for a nursing job in Paeonian Springs, 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 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