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Award-winning: Sentara is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering more than 500 sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE (Elder Care), home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan. The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara “Employer of Choice” for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years. Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!
Sentara is hiring Registered Nurses for our 5K Medical Surgical Unit at Norfolk General, in Norfolk, Virginia.
Sign on bonus up to $15,000 to qualified candidates successfully hired!
Multiple Shifts available!
SHIFTS: Full Time (36-hours per week)
First Shift: 7a-7p
RN REQUIREMENTS:
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1 year of nursing experience preferred. New Grads welcome!
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Virginia or Compact Multi-State License in good standing REQUIRED
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Basic Life Support (BLS) REQUIRED
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RN-Associate’s Degree, or RN-Bachelor’s Degree, or RN-Diploma REQUIRED
5K DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:
This 42-bed unit specializes in the care of Adult Surgical Patients. Registered Nurses are assigned to PODs to assist patients recovering from surgeries: Urology, General Surgery, ENT, Plastic Surgery, GYN Surgery, Surgical Oncology, and Trauma Overflow. While working in this unit you will care for patients that have renal disease, diabetes, COPD, and heart failure for a well-rounded nursing experience. This is a telemetry-monitored unit. The average patient stay is 3-4 days. This unit also has 6 beds that are for Epilepsy monitoring and is the Living Kidney Donor Transplant Unit.
SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL OVERVIEW
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is the first in southeastern Virginia to be named a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Less than 5 percent of U.S. hospitals have earned this credential.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, a 525-bed facility, is home to the area's only Level I Trauma Center and burn trauma unit. For 12 straight years, the National Research Corporation has named Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Hampton Roads Consumer's Choice award winner.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital includes Sentara Heart Hospital, the region's first and only dedicated heart hospital is unlike any facility within hundreds of miles. It unites a long-standing team of cardiac super-specialists within an advanced setting built from the ground up for superior cardiac care.
WHO SENTARA IS
Sentara Healthcare is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering more than 500 sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE (Elder Care), home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan. The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara “Employer of Choice” for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years. Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!
Benefits: Sentara offers an attractive array of full-time benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Sick, Parental and Caregiver Leave, Educational Assistance, Emergency Back-Up Care and other family benefits, a 401k/403B with matching funds, 401a, Performance Plus Bonus, Career Advancement Opportunities, Work Perks, and more.
Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth. Benefit highlights include:
- Educational assistance up to $5,250 annually
- Medbridge access for CEUs and patient home programs
- Sentara hosted education courses with employee discounts
- Financial support for certifications
- Generous student debt program (no work commitment required)
- Relocation assistance
- Referral bonus program up to $10,000
- Up to 23 days of paid time off (incudes personal, vacation and holidays); Up to 5 sick days annually (based on 40-hour work week); bereavement leave
- 403(B) with immediate company match, upon hire!
- 401(A): 3% of annual salary employer contribution (participating divisions)
- Adoption benefits up to $10,000
- Fertility benefits (procedures/medications/IVF) and Surrogacy/Gestational Carrier benefits up to $10,000 combined
- 4 weeks paid parental leave; caregiver leave up to 2 weeks
- Paid life insurance (1 times annual salary), short-term and long-term disability
- Other benefits include medical, dental, vision, auto, home, travel, pet insurance, local gym discounts
- Wellness programs to include an employee assistance program (mental health support)
Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth.
We welcome you to be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!
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When you join Sentara as a nurse, you’ll have the tools, technologies and training to advance your career. You’ll be welcomed as part of an interdisciplinary care team that offers some of the most highly respected healthcare service in the region. Moreover, we’ll value what you bring to our expanding system of opportunity.



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