Registered Nurse, Transition/Short Stay Unit
About The Position
Sentara is hiring Registered Nurses for the Transition/Short Stay Observation Unit at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. The Registered Nurse (RN) provides a competent level of nursing care using the nursing process and applicable standards of nursing practice and professional performance. These include assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, evaluation, ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and nursing research, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health. The RN applies the clinical knowledge and skills required by the clinical area and meets and maintains any specialty-specific requirements. Available schedules include full-time nights, full-time weekend nights, and Flexi/PRN rotating shifts. A sign-on bonus of up to $20,000 is available to qualified applicants who are successfully hired. New graduate applicants are welcome for many Registered Nurse roles; the stated starting rate for new graduate RNs with less than one year of experience 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. Compensation may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Sentara Leigh Hospital is a 274-bed acute care facility in Norfolk, Virginia. It includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital and specializes in orthopedic and spine care, heart and vascular care, maternity care, and general surgery. The hospital is an accredited Primary Stroke Center and a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, and it has the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in nursing, bachelor’s degree in nursing, nursing diploma, or master’s degree in nursing.
- Virginia or Compact multi-state RN license in good standing.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 90 days of hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide competent nursing care using the nursing process.
- Perform assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation.
- Meet the standards of professional performance, including ethical and culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and nursing research, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.
- Maintain clinical knowledge and skills and meet requirements specific to the clinical area and specialty.
Benefits
- 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, including vacation, sick time, and holidays.
- Paid parental and military leave.
- Paid family caregiver leave.
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
- Emergency backup care.
- Educational assistance, including 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 assistance.
- Pet insurance.
- Legal resources plan.
- Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus, subject to system and employee eligibility criteria.
- Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for qualified applicants successfully hired.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
