Registered Nurse (RN) - Step Down Unit
About The Position
Sentara is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Step-Down Unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. The full-time role provides nursing care using the nursing process and professional nursing standards, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation. The RN applies clinical knowledge and skills to meet the standards required for the specific clinical area. The unit is a 24-bed Medicine unit with computers in each room and hallway charting stations. Its patient population includes cardiac and cardiac-prep patients, renal failure, vascular conditions, sepsis, pneumonia, sickle cell, OR-prep, and diverse wound-care needs. The posting describes the unit as a potential pathway to ICU or ED work. A sign-on bonus of up to $20,000 is available for qualified candidates, and relocation packages are available.
Requirements
- An RN degree is required.
- A Virginia RN license is required.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required within 90 days of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Prior RN experience is preferred.
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 standards of professional nursing performance, including ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice or nursing research, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.
- Apply clinical knowledge and skills to meet the standards required by the clinical area.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for qualified candidates.
- Relocation packages available.
- 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 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 if system and employee eligibility criteria are met.
- Additional compensation may include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
