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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
Third (Nights) Work Shift Third (Nights)Approximately 36 hours a week
Unit and setting
Medical/Surgical units, 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

Also asks
New grads welcome
Your six-month RN application plan

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  3. 2–3 months before

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  4. Around graduation

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    Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.

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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.
Pay differential
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. 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.
Tuition assistance
Offered
Loan repayment
Offered
Extra pay
Shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities may be available
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
  • 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
More benefits (8)
  • 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 a competent level of nursing care via 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

Sentara Hospitals
Hiring organization

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?
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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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Work shift
Third (Nights)

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 Night 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?

In Norfolk, VA

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

See Norfolk, VA

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