Registered Nurses (RN) - Medical Specialties Unit ALL SHIFTS
You'll work on a 42-bed medical specialties unit caring for CHF, sickle cell, renal failure, vascular, sepsis, COPD and pneumonia patients.
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Sep 5 · New grads welcomed · reported
- Shift and hours
- Day, night and weekend shifts Shifts: Day, Night, and Weekend Opportunities
- Unit and setting
- Medical Specialties Unit at Norfolk General · Hospital CHF, sickle cell, renal failure, vascular, sepsis, COPD, pneumonia patients
- License
- RN license Virginia RN License REQUIREDVirginia RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- Virginia RN license Virginia RN License REQUIRED Check your license
- Education
- RN degree RN Degree REQUIRED
Preferred
- Experience
- Prior RN experience Prior RN experience PREFERRED
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
- Sign-on bonus
- $20,000
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Loan repayment
- Offered
- Childcare
- Offered
- Bonus
- Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 Sign on Bonuses up to $20,000 offered for qualified candidates!qualified candidates
- 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
Benefits
- BenefitsMedical, dental and vision plansMedical, Dental, Vision plans
- BenefitsAdoption, fertility and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- BenefitsPaid time off and sick leavePaid Time Off and Sick Leave
- BenefitsPaid parental and family caregiver leavePaid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- BenefitsEmergency backup careEmergency Backup Care
- BenefitsLong-term, short-term disability and critical illness plansLong-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
More benefits (7)
- BenefitsLife insuranceLife Insurance
- Benefits401k/403B with employer match401k/403B with Employer Match
- BenefitsTuition assistance $5,250/year plus discounted courses through Guild EducationTuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- BenefitsStudent debt pay down $10,000Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
- BenefitsPet insurancePet Insurance
- BenefitsLegal resources planLegal Resources Plan
- Discretionary bonus
The role and schedule
- Charting
- Epic Equipment utilized on unit has EPIC integration, thus decreasing your time inputting data.
- Union
- Non-union
- Unit size
- 42 beds We are a 42-bed Medical Specialties Unit.
- Weekends
- Weekend shifts offered Shifts: Day, Night, and Weekend Opportunities
- Details
- One main nursing station and 7 substations We one main Nursing Station and 7 Substations.
- Details
- Walkie-talkies used to stay in contact, including with management We live out our “no staff left behind” motto and teamwork model by staying in contact with each other through the use of walkie talkies, including the management team.
- Details
- 525-bed hospital 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
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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- Multiple shifts available
Overview
Sentara is hiring Registered Nurses for our Medical Specialties Unit at Norfolk General in Norfolk, VA!
- Sign on Bonuses up to $20,000 offered for qualified candidates! Relocation Packages available!
Shifts: Day, Night, and Weekend Opportunities
6k department overview
We are the first in the Sentara System and Second in the State of Virginia to win the PRISM Award (Premiere Recognition in the Specialty of Med-Surg). Our unit is recognized for our collective achievements and contributions to the safe, high-quality care we deliver to our patients on a daily basis.
We are the first in the Sentara System and Second in the State of Virginia to win the PRISM Award (Premiere Recognition in the Specialty of Med-Surg). Our unit is recognized for our collective achievements and contributions to the safe, high-quality care we deliver to our patients on a daily basis.
Combined Our Team Members Have 20+ Years Certified as Medical Surgical Nurses. We are a 42-bed Medical Specialties Unit. Our diverse patient population includes but is not limited to CHF, Sickle Cell, Renal Failure, Vascular, Sepsis, COPD, Pneumonia, Osteomyelitis w/ Surgical Interventions, Wound Care and, an assortment of varying disease processes.
We one main Nursing Station and 7 Substations. Within those Substations you can visualize your patient assignment and govern your own work area. Equipment utilized on unit has EPIC integration, thus decreasing your time inputting data. We live out our “no staff left behind” motto and teamwork model by staying in contact with each other through the use of walkie talkies, including the management team. We are ALL invested and willing to assist you in your goal to deliver stellar care!
Come join our amazing team!!
Overview
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.
All Direct Care RN's required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.
Education
- RN Degree REQUIRED
Certification/Licensure
- Virginia RN License REQUIRED
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification required within 90-days of hire
Experience
- Prior RN experience PREFERRED
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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.
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.
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