Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department (ED)

Sentara Health•Norfolk, VA

3d•$42 - $61•Onsite

About The Position

Sentara Leigh Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide patient-centered care in its high-volume Emergency Department in Norfolk, Virginia. The department has more than 40 beds and over 100,000 patient visits annually, serving patients across all acuity levels. Nurses have opportunities to gain broad clinical experience and contribute to quality outcomes and performance excellence. The nurse provides competent care using the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation. The role requires sound clinical judgment and professional standards in ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health. This is a full-time position of 36 hours per week, with regular night shifts or permanent weekend schedules available. Regular night-shift nurses work every third weekend; holiday rotation is required. New graduates and nurses transitioning to emergency nursing may receive structured orientation and participate in a six-month residency or transition-to-practice program, including a specialty clinical track, professional development, mentorship, and unit-based preceptors. The posting lists a new-graduate starting rate of $36.00 per hour for RNs with less than one year of experience and a full-time base-pay range of $41.93–$61.01 per hour. Qualified applicants may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $20,000. Sentara Leigh Hospital is a 274-bed acute-care facility and a Magnet-recognized hospital for nursing excellence and accredited Primary Stroke Center. It includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital and provides services in orthopedic and spine care, heart and vascular care, maternity care, general surgery, rehabilitation, and home care. The facility also has the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license required; students in the process of obtaining an RN license may be considered.
Degree or diploma in Registered Nursing required; students completing an accredited nursing program may be considered.
Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire.
Prior RN experience preferred; strong candidates with related acute-care, critical-care, intermediate-care, trauma, cardiac, stroke, or medical-surgical experience are encouraged to apply.

Nice To Haves

BSN or MSN preferred.
Emergency Department experience preferred.
NIHSS, TCRN, SCRN, TNCC, CEN, PALS, and ACLS certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide competent, patient-centered nursing care using the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation.
Apply clinical knowledge and sound judgment while meeting professional standards in ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.
Participate in required holiday rotation.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans
Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000
Paid time off and sick leave
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 of $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
Student debt pay down of $10,000
Pet insurance
Legal Resources Plan
Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus, subject to system and employee eligibility criteria
Potential sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for qualified applicants
Potential additional compensation such as shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities