Rn New Grad Fast-Track Application/Nurse Residency Program

BEGIN YOUR REMARKABLE NURSING JOURNEY AT SENTARA

Welcome to Sentara Healthcare's New Graduate RN Fast-track application.

At Sentara, we strive to be the healthcare of choice for the communities we serve. To do that, we look for the best-of-the-best, patient-focused professionals that are dedicated to Sentara’s mission to improve health every day! If that is a mission that is important to you, we would like to welcome you to consider joining our team.

Choose Sentara and find a supportive team dedicated to your success!

Join our award-winning team:

Sentara Healthcare is a Virginia and Northeast North Carolina-based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider offering more than 500 sites of care including 12 hospitals, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000-member health plan.

Diversity

Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are guiding principles of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves. Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth.

Enjoy benefits that support you and your family:

• Competitive starting salaries with an automatic increase at one year.
• And so much more!
• $500 one-time uniform allowance.
• Tuition Assistance of $5,250 per year to help you further your education.
• A dynamic health system that offers support and professional development opportunities.
• A comprehensive, employee-focused benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, & Vision plans, Paid Time Off, Sick leave, and 4 weeks of paid family leave.
• 401k/403B savings plan.
• Enhanced Benefits to support you and your family include Paid Parental Leave, Adoption/Infertility/Surrogacy Reimbursement, Family Caregiver Leave, and Emergency Back-up Care, Emergency Savings Account and a Floating holiday.
• A sign on bonus for all new-to-practice RNs joining our team.
• Student Loan Paydown program of $400 per month up to a life-time max of $10,000.

Sentara Nurse Residency Program:

Sentara supports our new-to-practice RNs with the Vizient/ACCN Nurse Residency Program, and we want you to have a strong foundation and a successful first year in your new profession. We know that your first year of nursing practice can be challenging and that is why Sentara provides every new grad the support of our Nursing Residency Program.

This 12-month, immersive program provides guidance from trained preceptors and offers nursing development support, practice-based learning, and networking with peers in a monthly, 4-hour cohort. Learn from our trained preceptors and experience a supportive, protected environment for questions and concerns.

All Sentara new grads are automatically enrolled into the program upon hire; no additional application or work commitment is required for this training; all Sentara hospitals participate.

Hear about our NRP program from our new grads that have been through the program: https://bit.ly/3deDUqu.

FAST-TRACK APPLICATION: Apply, just once, and we’ll take it from here:

Applying for your first RN role is exciting but you may have a lot of questions. Sentara’s RN Student Liaison is here to support you and can help you move smoothly through Sentara’s fast-track application process. With one application, we can connect you quickly to the Sentara locations and Sentara leaders that you want to talk with most.

Ready to take that first step toward your Sentara career? We can't wait to connect! If you have any questions, please reach out our RN Student Liaison at [email protected].

Eligibility:

Sentara considers you a new graduate RN if you are about to graduate or have graduated and have less than one year of practice. Qualified students will be graduating or will have graduated from an accredited nursing program.

Connect with our team:

Be sure to take advantage of connecting in person. Make those all-important face-to-face contacts with our team. We welcome you to join us at these events: https://www.sentaracareers.com/events/.

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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. BSN or MSN preferred. New Hire Education Requirement: All new RNs who do not have their BSN will be required to sign a BSN Agreement committing to enrollment in an accredited RN to BSN program within 24 months of hire and successfully obtaining their BSN within 5 years of hire. Meets and maintains any requirements defined by specific specialty; Critical Care/IMCU ACLS within 1 year of hire; Emergency Care - ACLS & PALS or ENPC within 1 year of hire; 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. Inpatient Pediatrics. PALS within 6 months of hire. All Direct Care RN's required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - Other/National
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - Other/National
• Registered Nurse License (RN) - North Carolina
• Registered Nurse License (RN) - Compact/Multi-State License
• Registered Nurse License (RN) - Virginia
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Other/National

• RN-Bachelor's Level Degree
• RN-Master's Level Degree
• RN-Doctorate Level Degree
• RN-Associate's Degree
• RN-Diploma (Non-degree)