Registered Nurse - Emergency Room
About The Position
Sentara RMH Medical Center is seeking customer-service-focused Registered Nurses to join its Emergency Room team in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The role suits nurses who enjoy a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. New graduates are welcome to apply for many Registered Nurse roles. The stated starting pay rate for new graduate RNs with less than one year of experience is $36.00 per hour. The base pay range for full-time employment is $41.93–$61.01 per hour; additional compensation may include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonuses. A sign-on bonus of up to $20,000 is available for qualifying candidates, with no contract required. The RN provides competent nursing care using the nursing process and meets professional practice and performance standards. Clinical knowledge and skills must meet the standards applicable to the specific clinical area. New graduates enter a 10-week Transition to Practice program focused on orientation, knowledge support, and skill acquisition for practice in Medical-Surgical areas; for new graduates, it begins a comprehensive six-month residency program. The program combines foundational Emergency Nursing Orientation modules with in-person case studies, gaming, simulation, and skills labs; introduces Sentara policies and ENA-recommended evidence-based practice guidelines; provides hands-on ED experience with a trained nurse preceptor; offers peer networking in a protected environment; and includes optional virtual professional-development sessions with mentoring for experienced nurses. Sentara RMH Medical Center is a 238-bed community hospital in Harrisonburg serving a seven-county area. It is Magnet-designated and part of Sentara Health. The organization describes a caring workplace with free, convenient parking, collaboration and shared governance, and 24/7 employee assistance. Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a tobacco-free environment.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse licensure.
- Associate degree in Nursing or bachelor's degree in Nursing.
- Customer-service focus and ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
Nice To Haves
- Previous acute-care experience is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Perform a competent level of nursing care using critical thinking and the nursing process.
- Conduct assessments and diagnoses; identify outcomes; plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate care.
- Provide teaching and promote health.
- Meet professional performance standards related to ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.
- Apply clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards for the specific clinical area.
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.
- 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.
- Free and convenient parking.
- Employee assistance program available 24/7.
- Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for qualifying candidates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
