Advanced Heart Failure Registered Nurse (RN)
Sentara Health
Summary
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.
Job description
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!
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.
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.
Requirements
- Associate degree or diploma in Registered Nursing required
- Virginia RN license or Compact/Multi-State eligibility
- BLS required within 90 days of hire
- ACLS required within one year of hire for Critical Care/IMCU
- No experience required
- Previous healthcare experience preferred
- BSN or MSN preferred
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Adoption, Fertility & Surrogacy Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off
- Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Critical Illness Plans
- Life Insurance
- 401(k)/403(b) Matching
- Tuition Assistance
- Student Debt Pay Down
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Annual Discretionary Bonus
Company overview
Sentara Health is a leading not-for-profit integrated healthcare delivery system serving Virginia, northeastern North Carolina, and Florida. Founded in 1888 and headquartered in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Sentara operates 12 acute care hospitals across its service area, with 10 hospitals holding prestigious Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence. The organization employs approximately 34,000 healthcare professionals and serves over 1 million health plan members through its Sentara Health Plans division. As one of the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the United States, Sentara is nationally recognized for clinical quality, safety, and innovation. The system has received numerous accolades including Health Quality Innovator of the Year (2024), Forbes' "America's Best-In-State Employer" (2024), and inclusion in IBM Watson Health's "Top 15 Health Systems." Sentara's comprehensive services span hospital care, outpatient facilities, home health, hospice services, and specialized programs like the Nightingale air ambulance service, which has completed over 20,000 missions since 1982.