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Registered Nurse (RN) - Stepdown Unit

Sentara Health is a community hospital.

Eligibility
Sign-on bonus

Posted Sep 14

Shift and hours
Days
Unit and setting
Stepdown · Hospital
License
RN license Virginia RN License REQUIREDVirginia RN License REQUIRED
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

New grads
Welcomed
License
Virginia RN License REQUIRED Check your license
Certification
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification required within 90-days of hire
Education
RN Degree REQUIRED
Experience
Prior RN experience PREFERRED
Experience
Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.
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Keywords: Talroo-Nursing.
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New Grad.
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Medical Surgical.
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Step Down.
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Same Day Surgery.
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Post-surgery.
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Med Surg Nurse.
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New RN Grad.
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IMCU.
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First Shift. weekends. weekend days.
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UC. sign on bonus.
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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
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shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

What it pays

Against similar roles
In range for Virginia staff rolesVirginia staff postings that state pay run $30/hr to $59/hr, the middle half $38/hr to $50/hr, across 583 postings.
Sign-on bonus
$15,000

Benefits

  • 401k/Retirement
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • PTO
  • Paid Leave
  • Life Insurance

The role and schedule

Charting
Epic
Weekends
Weekends required
On call
On-call rotation

The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026 · ANCC.

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Sentara Health
Hospital
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Address
600 GRESHAM DR, NORFOLK, VA, 23507
CMS rating
4 of 5 stars
Beds
472
Magnet
Designated since 2008

About SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL

Worth asking

  • Can you walk me through base pay range and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
  • What should I expect for weekly hours, holiday, and rotation?
More questions to ask
  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit

On your path

Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.

About this role

Posting details
Work shift
Weekend Days

Overview

Sentara is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) at Sentara Norfolk General's Step-Down Unit in Norfolk, Virginia.

Sign on Bonus up to $15,000 offered for qualified candidates. Relocation packages available!

Shift: Full Time, Permanent Weekend DAYS (7a-7p) Fri/Sat/Sun or Sat/Sun/Mon.

Unit

Overview

Join the nursing team that is enjoying a beautiful, brand new 24 bed Medicine unit with new computers in every room and charting stations in hallways with windows to visualize patients! Blood pressure machines that talk with EPIC as Real Time Documentation. Patient population is cardiac, cardiac prep, renal failure, vascular, sepsis, pneumonia, sickle cell, OR-Prep, and diverse wound care. Great unit to make your way into ICU or the ED!

Join our team today!

Overview

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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

Keywords: Talroo-Nursing. Registered Nurse. RN. New Grad. Sign on bonus. Medical Surgical. Step Down. Same Day Surgery. Post-surgery. Med Surg. Nursing. Med Surg Nurse. New RN Grad. IMCU. IMC. Step down. Step-down. Med Surg. First Shift. weekends. weekend days. UC. sign on bonus.

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.
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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.

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What's around it?

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital · 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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