Direct Care Registered Nurse PACU
About The Position
Sentara Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This is a part-time, day-shift role with 9-hour shifts scheduled between 11:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Call is required, including every tenth weekend and 3–5 call shifts per month. A sign-on bonus is available to qualified applicants who are successfully hired. The Registered Nurse performs a competent level of nursing care using the nursing process and critical thinking. Nursing practice includes assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching and health promotion, and evaluation. Professional performance includes ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. The RN must have the clinical knowledge and skills required to meet standards for the specific clinical area and maintain any specialty-specific requirements. Sentara Princess Anne Hospital is a 174-bed acute care hospital serving southern Virginia Beach and neighboring communities. It is an accredited Primary Stroke Center and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, with specialties including orthopedic and spine care, heart and vascular services, advanced imaging, gynecological and comprehensive breast care, and family maternity services with a neonatal intensive care unit. It is also home to Virginia’s only Ornish Lifestyle Medicine program.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree, diploma, or master’s degree in nursing.
- Virginia or Compact multistate nursing license in good standing.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 90 days of hire.
- Availability for 9-hour day shifts scheduled between 11:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.
- Participation in required call, including every tenth weekend and 3–5 call shifts per month.
Responsibilities
- Perform nursing care using the nursing process and critical thinking.
- Assess patients, establish diagnoses and expected outcomes, plan and implement care, coordinate care, teach and promote health, and evaluate outcomes.
- Meet professional performance standards for ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.
- Maintain clinical knowledge and skills and meet standards and requirements specific to the clinical area.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus for qualified applicants who are successfully hired.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Life and disability insurance, including long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans.
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match.
- Paid time off, sick leave, and holidays.
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave, and paid military leave.
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
- Emergency backup care.
- Tuition assistance up to $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
- Student debt pay down up to $10,000 and student loan repayment or educational assistance.
- Pet insurance.
- Legal resources plan.
- Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus subject to system and employee eligibility criteria.
- Additional compensation may include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
Associate degree
