Cardiac Registered Nurse (RN) – Advanced Heart Failure

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

Multiple shifts available

Overview

Join the Advanced Heart Failure Specialty Unit at Sentara Heart Hospital!

Sentara Heart Hospital, located on the campus of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, is hiring a Registered Nurse to join our Advanced Heart Failure Specialty Unit. Build your nursing career alongside a collaborative team delivering specialized care to patients with complex cardiac conditions.

Position: Full-Time Nights

New graduate nurses are welcome to apply!

Compensation

• New graduate RNs: Starting at $36.00 per hour .
• Experienced RNs: $41.93–$61.01 per hour , based on years of experience.
• Up to $20,000 sign-on bonus available for qualified candidates.

About the Advanced Heart Failure Specialty Unit

Our 24-bed specialty unit provides high-acuity cardiac care to patients with severe heart failure, pre- and post-heart transplant needs, Total Artificial Heart support, and pulmonary hypertension.

• Develop specialized skills using advanced technology, including mechanical circulatory support devices such as LVADs and BiVADs, along with telemetry monitors.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team in an environment built on consistent, around-the-clock communication.
• Care for 3–4 patients per assignment, based on patient acuity.

The Advanced Heart Failure Unit is an AACN Gold Beacon Award recipient , recognized for excellence in patient care and a work environment that supports teamwork, collaboration, and positivity.

Sentara Heart Hospital is a 112-bed facility ranked #2 in Virginia for Cardiology and Heart Surgery and #24 nationally for best heart programs.

Registered Nurse Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides competent nursing care using critical thinking and the nursing process. Standards of practice include assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching and health promotion, and evaluation.

Professional performance standards include ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. The RN maintains the clinical knowledge and skills necessary to meet the standards of the specific clinical area.

Education

• Associate degree or diploma in Registered Nursing required .
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred .

Certification and Licensure

• Virginia RN license or Compact/Multi-State eligibility.
• BLS required within 90 days of hire for all direct-care RNs.
• ACLS required within one year of hire for Critical Care/IMCU.

Experience

• No experience required.
• Previous healthcare experience preferred .
• New graduate nurses welcome!

Start Your Nursing Career with Support

Sentara’s Transition to Practice Program supports new graduate nurses as they transition from the classroom to clinical practice. Through hands-on learning, professional development, and mentoring, the program helps nurses build clinical skills, strengthen critical thinking, and grow in confidence as they begin their nursing careers.

Keywords: Cardiac, Cardiac Specialty Unit, Heart Transplant Unit, Talroo-Nursing, AHFU, IMCU, New Graduate Nurse, Medical Unit, PCU, ER

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, 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.

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.