Registered Nurse (RN) - Intermediate Care Unit (Stepdown)

City / State

Suffolk, VA

Overview

Work Shift

Third (Nights) (United States of America)

Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus for Qualified Applicants! Please ask the recruiter for details.

Sentara Obici Hospital Stepdown is hiring a Registered Nurse for their 24-bed Intermediate Care Unit. All rooms are Private and include brand new bedside monitors.

Full-time

We provide care for higher acuity patients in the following areas : Neuro, Cardiac, Respiratory, Renal and Surgical (to name a few).

Typical patients on Stepdown include :

• Respiratory Failure (such as in Congestive Heart Failure, COVID, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). These patients may include those on BIPAP’s and chronic trached ventilator patients.
• Stroke and seizure patients.
• Chest Pain, MI (heart attack), Congestive Heart Failure
• Renal Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients
• Post op surgical patients (ostomy’s, extensive wounds such are decubs, VAT’s, ortho also)

New Grad RNs are Welcome to Apply!

VIDEO : Get to know Obici Hospital!

As a Registered Nurse with Sentara, you can excel in your career. There are many different specialties where you can perform and grow your nursing skills in areas of interest to you.

If you desire, there are promotional opportunities into leadership or to advance your level of care in a variety of settings.

This position's primary duties include assessing / admitting patients, rounding checks, giving medications, talking with family members, and being responsible for the overall care of your patients.

You will find that teamwork is exceptional, with everyone working together to ensure the best care for our patients.

Sentara has added all of these additional benefits and incentives to those benefits that already existed.

New Incentives & Benefits :

• Sign-on Bonuses for qualifying positions and candidates
• Money towards 1 set of scrubs
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Education Assistance Program or Student Loan Benefit
• Emergency Back-up Care
• Auto, Home & Pet Insurance Options
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Immediate matching of 403(b) (50% up to the first 6%)

Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth.

Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity.

Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

Registered Nurses CLICK HERE to chat with a Sentara Recruiter

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Keywords : Registered Nurse, RN, Intermediate Care Unit, IMCU, Telemetry, SDU, Step Down Unit

Job Summary

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.

Qualifications :

N-2YR - RN-Associate's Degree (Required), N-3YR - RN-Diploma (Non-degree) (Required), N-4YR - RN-Bachelor's Level Degree (Required), N-6YR - RN-Master's Level Degree (Required), N-DN - RN-Doctorate Level DegreeBasic Life Support (BLS) - Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) RQI, Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) RQI, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Alabama, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Arizona, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Arkansas, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Colorado, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Delaware, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Florida, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Georgia, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Idaho, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Indiana, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Iowa, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Kansas, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Kentucky, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Louisiana, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Maine, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Maryland, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Mississippi, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Missouri, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Montana, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - Nebraska, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - New Hampshire, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - New Jersey, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - New Mexico, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State - Nursing License - North Carolina + 11 more

Skills

Sentara Healthcare 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.

Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.

gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.

In support of our mission to improve health every day, this is a tobacco-free environment.