Registered Nurse (RN) - General Intensive Care Unit
About The Position
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is hiring a Registered Nurse for its 16-bed, Beacon Award-winning General Intensive Care Unit (GICU). The unit provides advanced critical care to a diverse and complex patient population, including patients with myocardial infarctions, life-threatening dysrhythmias, post-cardiac procedures, gastrointestinal bleeds, high-risk respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation, vascular surgeries, complicated general surgeries, and high-risk obstetric complications. The nurse may also support the hospital’s Medical Response Team and Code Blue Team. The RN provides competent nursing care using the nursing process and applicable standards of professional practice. This includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation, along with professional responsibilities such as communication, collaboration, leadership, evidence-based practice, quality, and resource utilization. Nurses work with multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced critical care environment. The position is based at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. The listed schedule is 36 hours per week, nights from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.; the posting also notes multiple shifts are available. The full-time hourly base-pay range is $41.93–$61.01. Qualified applicants may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $20,000; additional compensation may include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonuses.
Requirements
- Degree or diploma in Registered Nursing.
- Current registered nursing license.
- BLS and ACLS certification required within 90 days of hire.
- At least 1 year of nursing experience in emergency, intermediate care, intensive care, or medical/surgical nursing.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care using the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation.
- Apply clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards for the GICU and its critical-care patient population.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support patient care and outcomes.
- Participate in hospital Medical Response Team and Code Blue Team support.
- Fulfill professional nursing standards related to communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid time off, sick leave, and holidays
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave
- Paid military leave
- Emergency backup care
- Long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans
- Life insurance
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match
- Tuition assistance up to $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student debt pay down up to $10,000
- Pet insurance
- Legal resources plan
- Voluntary benefits
- Potential annual discretionary bonus, subject to system and employee eligibility criteria
- Educational assistance or student loan repayment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
