Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical/Surgical
Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, Virginia, is hiring a Full-Time (Registered Nurse) to join our team.
Posted Sep 25 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- First (Days) Work Shift First (Days)Approximately 36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Medical/Surgical units to include surge areas and inpatient admissions · Hospital This position will support Medical/Surgical units to include surge areas and inpatient admissions.
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, Virginia, is hiring a Full-Time (Registered Nurse) to join our team.Full-Time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed *New Grads Welcome*
- Certification
- BLS within 6 months of hireAfter hire · within 6 months of hire
Preferred
- Experience
- New grads welcome
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Top of Norfolk staff RN payNorfolk staff RN postings that state pay run $36/hr to $42/hr, the middle half $42/hr to $42/hr, across 166 postings.
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Loan repayment
- Offered
- Extra pay
- Shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
- Bonus
- Bonus opportunities
- Bonus
- Annual discretionary bonus •Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
- Pay reviews
- Compensation within range varies by qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.
Benefits
- BenefitsMedical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Benefits401(k)/403(b) with employer match
- BenefitsPaid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays)
- BenefitsPaid parental and military leave
- BenefitsEducational assistance or student loan repayment
- BenefitsVoluntary benefits
More benefits (13)
- BenefitsMedical, Dental, Vision plans• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- BenefitsAdoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- BenefitsPaid Time Off and Sick Leave• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- BenefitsPaid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- BenefitsEmergency Backup Care• Emergency Backup Care
- BenefitsLong-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- BenefitsLife Insurance• Life Insurance
- Benefits401k/403B with Employer Match• 401k/403B with Employer Match
- BenefitsTuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education• Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- BenefitsStudent Debt Pay Down - $10,000• Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
- BenefitsPet Insurance•Pet Insurance
- BenefitsLegal Resources Plan•Legal Resources Plan
- Annual discretionary bonus opportunity
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Perform competent nursing care using the nursing process The Registered Nursing (RN) is responsible to perform a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process.
- On call
- On-call rotation
- Details
- 274-bed acute care facility Sentara Leigh Hospital , located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977.
- Details
- Magnet hospital for nursing excellence
- Details
- Tobacco-free environment In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
The workplace
- Parking
- Multi-story parking garage Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage.
Your fit
Questions to ask
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
- Which physical workplace and unit is this role for?
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
Original listing
Posted on Sentara Hospitals’ careers page.
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Overview
Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, Virginia, is hiring a Full-Time (Registered Nurse) to join our team. New Grads Welcome This position will support Medical/Surgical units to include surge areas and inpatient admissions. Position Overview Approximately 36 hours per week Day shift
Requirements
Registered Nurse BLS within 6 months of hire The Registered Nursing (RN) is responsible to perform a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process. The standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care- teaching and health promotion and evaluation) along with the standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence- based practice /nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health) encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing. The RN possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas.
Talroo-Nursing, Registered Nurse, RN, Med/Surg, Medical/Surgical, Admissions, Surge, Admit Holds
We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $41.93 - $61.01 hourly. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as
- shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.
Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.
Benefits
Caring For Your Family and Your Career
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Leigh Hospital , located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery.
We are also home to the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents. Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment. For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
What's around it?
Norfolk, VAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 2% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,321/mo
- Household income
- $66,109/yr, all local households, not nurse pay