Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiovascular Surgical ICU Unit (CSICU)
About The Position
Sentara is hiring an experienced Registered Nurse for the Cardiovascular Surgical ICU Unit (CSICU) at Sentara Norfolk General’s Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. This is a part-time, 24-hour-per-week, day-shift position (7 a.m.–7 p.m.). A sign-on bonus of up to $7,500 is available for qualified candidates. The CSICU is a 20-bed cardiac surgical intensive care unit. Nurses care for one or two patients depending on acuity. Patients may have undergone open-heart procedures, including CABG, valve repair or replacement, aneurysm repair, TAVR, ablations, heart transplantation, or lung surgery, and may require mechanical circulatory support such as a Total Artificial Heart or ECMO. Nurses manage critically ill patients requiring intensive hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, multiple drug infusions, IABP therapy, and CRRT. The RN provides competent nursing care using the nursing process and applicable standards of nursing practice and professional performance. The role requires clinical knowledge and skills appropriate to the clinical area and encompasses assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation, along with professional responsibilities such as communication, collaboration, leadership, evidence-based practice, quality, and resource utilization. Sentara describes its compensation package as including base pay, incentives, and benefits. The stated full-time base pay range is $41.93–$61.01 per hour; compensation for this part-time role is not separately specified. Additional compensation may include differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonuses. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package and describes opportunities for training and advancement. Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and states that it is committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Its workplaces are tobacco-free.
Requirements
- RN degree required.
- Virginia RN license required.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 90 days of hire.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required within 90 days of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of experience in cardiac nursing, cardiac cath lab, critical care (ICU/CICU), cardiovascular ICU, emergency department, progressive care, or other critical care or high-acuity cardiac nursing is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide competent nursing care using the nursing process and standards of nursing practice.
- Assess patients, identify diagnoses and outcomes, plan and implement care, coordinate care, teach and promote health, and evaluate outcomes.
- Apply clinical knowledge and skills appropriate to the CSICU.
- Care for one or two patients based on acuity in a 20-bed cardiac surgical ICU.
- Care for patients following cardiac and lung surgeries, including CABG, valve procedures, aneurysm repair, TAVR, ablations, and heart transplantation.
- Manage critically ill patients requiring intensive hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, multiple drug infusions, IABP therapy, CRRT, and mechanical circulatory support.
- Fulfill professional performance standards, including ethical and culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans/insurance.
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
- Paid time off, vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave.
- Emergency backup care.
- Long-term and short-term disability plans.
- 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.
- Potential annual discretionary bonus, subject to system and employee eligibility criteria.
- Potential sign-on bonus up to $7,500 for qualified candidates.
- Potential additional compensation such as shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, and extra-shift incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
