About this role
Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Mechanical Assistant Device Coordinator Lead to join the team. This role will be full-time, Monday-Friday, regular business hours.
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.
Mechanical Assistant Device Coordinator Lead Job Responsibilities:
- Develops differential diagnosis and plans of care based on data collection and revises plans based on physiological/psychosocial findings.
- Continually assesses patients' needs and dynamically collaborates with other members of the healthcare team to address actual/potential problems.
- Plans, implements and evaluates formal/informal Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) education regarding all aspects of care for patients, families, caregivers and community care providers.
- Collaborates with the research department to ensure validity of INTERMACS registry data.
- Serves as a regional, state and national consultant regarding the nursing care of patients in area of expertise.
- Provides formal and informal VAD-specific educational programs to improve team member knowledge and improve quality of care.
- Oversees and provides education to acute care staff (ED, OR, CVICU, CTU), secondary providers and EMS personnel.
- Leads VAD coordinator team operations in quality improvement initiatives and assists with process/protocol development and revision.
- Spearheads initiatives to ensure continuous survey readiness for The Joint Commission and other regulatory bodies.
- Coordinates orientation for new clinical team members. Identifies education needs and works with clinical manager to support development plans. Assists with performance development journey process.
- Functions as the team’s Magnet Champion.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Licensure: Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse
Experience: 3 years of clinical experience, 2 years of mechanical assist device (VAD, Artificial Heart) or advanced heart failure experience
Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing
Preferred Qualifications:
Certification: VAD-C within 12 months
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Other facts
About Inova
We are Inova, Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. With expertise and compassion, we partner with our patients to help them stay healthy. We treat illness, heal injury and look at a patient’s whole health to help them flourish. Through our expansive network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, and outpatient services, Inova provides care for more than 1 million unique patients every year. Total patient visits exceed 4 million annually, demonstrating our ability to deliver the best clinical care and ensuring a seamless experience for all who rely on us for their healthcare needs.
Consistently ranked and recognized as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience, Inova’s world-class care is made possible by the strength and breadth of our network, our 26,000 team members, our technology and our innovation. In 2025, Inova was named the Health System of the Year by Press Ganey, a national leader in healthcare experience, recognizing our excellence in patient care, team member engagement, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Inova is home to Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provides high-quality healthcare to each person in every community we are privileged to serve – regardless of ability to pay – every day of their life. More information about Inova can be found at www.inova.org.
What you'll do
- The Mechanical Assistant Device Coordinator Lead develops care plans based on patient assessments and collaborates with healthcare teams to address patient needs. They also provide education on Ventricular Assist Devices and lead quality improvement initiatives.
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