Registered Nurse - General Medicine Unit
About The Position
Sentara CarePlex Hospital is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Medicine Unit - 4 James in Hampton, Virginia. The unit provides care to adult patients age 18 and older who have acute and chronic conditions and a variety of comorbidities, with a particular focus on its senior population. The position is open to new graduates as well as experienced nurses who are compassionate, dependable, flexible, and hardworking. Primary duties include assessing and admitting patients, performing rounding checks, administering medications, communicating with family members, and taking responsibility for the overall care of assigned patients. The role is part of a collaborative team focused on providing high-quality patient care. The shift is rotating. New graduate RNs with less than one year of experience are automatically enrolled in Sentara’s six-month Nurse Residency program. The program combines practical skills, hands-on training, professional development, and mentoring to support the transition into nursing practice.
Requirements
- Virginia or Compact Multi-State License in good standing.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 90 days of hire.
- One of the following nursing education credentials: RN associate’s degree, RN bachelor’s degree, RN diploma, or RN master’s degree.
- Compassionate, dependable, flexible, and hardworking.
Responsibilities
- Assess and admit patients.
- Perform rounding checks.
- Administer medications.
- Communicate with patients’ family members.
- Provide and be responsible for the overall care of patients.
- Provide care to adult acute- and chronic-care patients with a variety of comorbidities.
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 up to $10,000.
- Pet insurance.
- Legal resources plan.
- Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus, subject to system and employee eligibility criteria.
- Potential additional compensation, including shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
- 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
