Registered Nurse (RN) - Ortho/Trauma Unit (Multiple Shifts)
About The Position
Sentara Health is hiring a Registered Nurse to provide nursing care on the 3 West Ortho/Trauma Unit at Virginia Beach General Hospital. The 24-bed inpatient unit cares for patients with musculoskeletal injuries and related complications, including admissions from the Ortho Joint, Spine, Fracture, and Ortho/Trauma centers, as well as medical-surgical patients. The unit has a supportive team that includes a nurse educator, orthopedic navigator, respiratory therapy, PT/OT, nursing care partners, unit coordinators, charge nurse, and manager. Nurses may participate in the Unit-Based Partnership Council and hospital-wide nurse-led councils. The RN performs nursing care using the nursing process and applies the standards of nursing practice and professional performance. The role requires clinical knowledge and skills appropriate to the clinical area. New graduate nurses with less than one year of experience are automatically enrolled in Sentara’s six-month Nurse Residency program. Available schedules include full-time nights, weekend days, and flexible weekend days. Weekend-day roles are open to experienced nurses and new graduates; flexible weekend days are for experienced RNs only. The position offers sign-on bonuses of up to $20,000 for experienced nurses and $7,500 for new graduates. The stated new-graduate starting rate is $36.00 per hour. The full-time base-pay range is $41.93–$61.01 per hour; additional compensation may include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonuses.
Requirements
- Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) required.
- Virginia or compact multistate Registered Nurse license in good standing.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 90 days of hire.
- Experienced RNs and new graduates are welcome.
Nice To Haves
- BSN or higher preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide a competent level of nursing care using the nursing process.
- Perform assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation.
- Apply professional nursing standards, including ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.
- Use clinical knowledge and skills to meet the standards required for the specific clinical area.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for experienced nurses and $7,500 for new graduates.
- 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.
- 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.
- Opportunity to earn an 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
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
