Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery
- Full-Time
- Norfolk, VA
- Sentara Healthcare
- Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for Labor & Delivery (L&D) Unit.
The Labor & Delivery Department at Sentara Norfolk General is a high-volume maternity unit dedicated to complicated high-risk deliveries, but also see women who are having problem free childbirth deliveries. Labor and Delivery Unit is comprised of eleven private birthing rooms, three triage rooms, two dedicated operating rooms for our C-section deliveries and three PACUs for after deliver care. Our Registered Nurses are successfully cross trained to work in all these areas.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a teaching facility that shares the medical center with the Jones Institute and Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. Jones Institute - Eastern Virginia Medical School is just one block from the hospital and it is one of the world's leading centers for infertility treatment work. Resident physicians from the Jones Institute support our Birthing Center. The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters is down the hallway from our delivery rooms, and this allows convenient access to their neonatal intensive care unit as needed. These affiliations facilitate convenient, accessible, and high-quality care.
This position is 36 hours a week, rotating shift but will be primarily scheduled for days. RN will rotate to the night shift when staffing is needed.
Sign on Bonus available for qualified candidates.
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. Click here to hear Felicia tell us about a day in the life of a Registered Nurse (RN) with Sentara Healthcare.
Benefits: Sentara offers an attractive array of full-time benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Sick, Tuition Reimbursement, a 401k/403B , 401a, Performance Plus Bonus, Career Advancement Opportunities, Work Perks and more.
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!
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.
Education Level
RN-Associate's Degree OR
RN-Bachelor's Level Degree OR
RN-Diploma (Non-degree) OR
RN-Doctorate Level Degree OR
RN-Master's Level Degree
Experience
None, unless noted in the "Other" section below
License
Required: Registered Nurse
Preferred: Basic Life Support
Skills
None, unless noted in the "Other" section below
Other
New Hire Education Requirement: All Registered Nurses who do not have their BSN will be required to sign a BSN Agreement committing to successfully obtain their BSN within 5 years of hire. BSN or MSN preferred. Meets and maintains any requirements defined by specific specialty; Critical Care/IMCU/EP/Advanced Heart Failure Center/SMG Cardiology Practices- ACLS within 1 year of hire; Emergency Care - ACLS & PALS or ENPC within 1 year of hire; de-escalation and physical intervention training within 90 days of hire.For designated Oncology units, Oncology Care ONS/ONCC or Sentara approved course Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider Card within 6 months of hire. Women's Care - Perinatal departments; NRP within 6 months of hire. Behavioral Health - De-escalation and physical intervention training within 15 days of hire.Inpatient Pediatrics. PALS within 6 months of hire. All Direct Care RN's required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.
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The Labor & Delivery Department at Sentara Norfolk General is a high-volume maternity unit dedicated to complicated high-risk deliveries, but also see women who are having problem free childbirth deliveries. Labor and Delivery Unit is comprised of eleven private birthing rooms, three triage rooms, two dedicated operating rooms for our C-section deliveries and three PACUs for after deliver care. Our Registered Nurses are successfully cross trained to work in all these areas.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a teaching facility that shares the medical center with the Jones Institute and Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. Jones Institute - Eastern Virginia Medical School is just one block from the hospital and it is one of the world's leading centers for infertility treatment work. Resident physicians from the Jones Institute support our Birthing Center. The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters is down the hallway from our delivery rooms, and this allows convenient access to their neonatal intensive care unit as needed. These affiliations facilitate convenient, accessible, and high-quality care.
This position is 36 hours a week, rotating shift but will be primarily scheduled for days. RN will rotate to the night shift when staffing is needed.
Sign on Bonus available for qualified candidates.
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. Click here to hear Felicia tell us about a day in the life of a Registered Nurse (RN) with Sentara Healthcare.
Benefits: Sentara offers an attractive array of full-time benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Sick, Tuition Reimbursement, a 401k/403B , 401a, Performance Plus Bonus, Career Advancement Opportunities, Work Perks and more.
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!
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.
Education Level
RN-Associate's Degree OR
RN-Bachelor's Level Degree OR
RN-Diploma (Non-degree) OR
RN-Doctorate Level Degree OR
RN-Master's Level Degree
Experience
None, unless noted in the "Other" section below
License
Required: Registered Nurse
Preferred: Basic Life Support
Skills
None, unless noted in the "Other" section below
Other
New Hire Education Requirement: All Registered Nurses who do not have their BSN will be required to sign a BSN Agreement committing to successfully obtain their BSN within 5 years of hire. BSN or MSN preferred. Meets and maintains any requirements defined by specific specialty; Critical Care/IMCU/EP/Advanced Heart Failure Center/SMG Cardiology Practices- ACLS within 1 year of hire; Emergency Care - ACLS & PALS or ENPC within 1 year of hire; de-escalation and physical intervention training within 90 days of hire.For designated Oncology units, Oncology Care ONS/ONCC or Sentara approved course Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider Card within 6 months of hire. Women's Care - Perinatal departments; NRP within 6 months of hire. Behavioral Health - De-escalation and physical intervention training within 15 days of hire.Inpatient Pediatrics. PALS within 6 months of hire. All Direct Care RN's required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.