Registered Nurse (RN) - Stepdown Unit (Day and Night Shifts)
Norfolk, Virginia
Still listed, seen last week · Posted Aug 26 · New grads welcomed
- Shift
- 12-hour
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Medicine/Step Down Unit 10K
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- New graduates
- Unit
- Medicine/Step Down Unit 10K · 24 beds
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Sign-on bonus
- $20,000
- Loan repayment
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Tuition assistance
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Childcare
- Offered
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About this role
City/State
Norfolk, VA
Work Shift
Multiple shifts available
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Overview
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is hiring Registered Nurses for the Medicine/Step Down Unit 10K.
Up to a $20,000.00 Sign-on bonus for Experienced nurses and $7,500 Sign on Bonus for New Grads!
Shifts
FT (36-hours/week) - Days and Night shifts available.
Facility/Unit
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, a 569-bed tertiary care facility, is home to the area’s only Level I Trauma Center and burn trauma unit.
Come join the team on 10K - a 24-bed step down unit.
Job Description
Sentara is a career destination for professional nursing. The Registered Nurse (RN) provides comprehensive, patient-centered care in a dynamic healthcare setting. This role involves assessing patient needs, developing individualized care plans, delivering treatments, and supporting patients and families with education and compassionate service. The RN collaborates within an interdisciplinary team to monitor patient progress, make clinical adjustments, and advocate for the best patient outcomes, ensuring safety and adherence to evidence-based practices.
Education
ADN required, BSN or higher preferred
Certification/Licensure
RN VA or Compact State license in good standing. BLS
Experience
RN New Grads and Experienced Nurses
Keywords: Registered Nurse, RN, Stepdown, Medical Surgical, M/S, New Grad RN, Talroo-Nursing
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 Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development Pet Insurance Legal Resources Plan Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
Here at Sentara, we are committed to consistently enhancing our training, advancement tracks, work-life benefits, and more. Our goal is to make you feel more excited to be here every day!
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads, and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.
In addition to the high-quality heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital, our facility is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several other dedicated facilities and specialized services. As a recognized accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, our hospital specializes in heart and vascular, neurosciences, neurosurgery, urology, oncology, spine care, advanced imaging, behavioral health, maternity, and women’s health, including a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit.
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.
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“RN New Grads and Experienced Nurses” · from this posting
Requirements
- RN VA or Compact State license
Place
- City
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Median rent
- $1,321/mo
- Local household income
- $66,109/yr
- Metro price level
- 2% below the national average
- Campus
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Norfolk area index 97.9, where 100 is the national average.
Norfolk sits where the Elizabeth River meets the Chesapeake Bay, anchoring Virginia's coastal Hampton Roads region. Home to the world's largest naval base, this port city blends maritime energy with historic neighborhoods like Ghent, where tree-lined streets and local shops give nurses a welcoming home base between shifts.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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