Registered Nurse (RN) – Labor and Delivery (L&D) and Postpartum Care

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Overview:

Join our dedicated nursing team at Sentara Obici Hospital where compassionate care and clinical excellence come together. Were seeking motivated Registered Nurses to provide high-quality patient-centered care in our Labor and Delivery and Postpartum Care Unit on nights 7p-7a.

As part of our team youll work in a supportive environment where your voice matters teamwork is valued and professional growth is encouraged. WSentara Obici offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day.

About the Hospital

Sentara Obici Hospital located in Suffolk Virginia is a 175-bed full-service community hospital known for its compassionate high-quality care and strong sense of teamwork. The hospital serves as a vital part of the community offering advanced medical services with a personal touch.

Nurses here enjoy the perfect blend of professional growth and small-town warmth. Youll serve a diverse and welcoming community while enjoying the charm of a historic city surrounded by beautiful parks local shops and easy access to the coastmaking it a wonderful place to live work and grow your nursing career.

About the Unit:

The Labor and Delivery and Postpartum Care Unit at Sentara Obici Hospital provides an exciting fast-paced environment. Our department is 22 beds 10 L&D/Triage rooms and 12 Post Partum Rooms. We also have a 20 room dedicated nursery. Our unit provides the care of laboring patients from admission to discharge including labor and delivery recovery and postpartum care. We also care for OBGYN surgical patients to include hysterectomies and mastectomies. We are the top performing patient experience department at Obici. We frequently have daisy award winners. We are magnet designated and currently seeking an AWHONN designation as well.

What We Offer

• Sign-on bonus up to $20000 for qualified candidates
• Competitive compensation and shift differentials
• Comprehensive benefits package (medical dental vision 401k)
• Onsite childcare for team members providing a safe nurturing environment just steps away from work
• Paid time off and tuition assistance
• Opportunities for advancement within Sentara Health
• Recognition programs for nursing excellence

A message from our Chief Nursing Officer:

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. Meets and maintains any requirements defined by specific specialty.

Education

• RN-Associates Degree
• RN-Bachelors Degree
• RN-Diploma
• RN-Masters Degree

License / Certification

• Virginia or Compact Multi-State License in good standing
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 90 days of hire
• ACLS and PALS or ENPC within one (1) year of hire

Experience

• Will consider new grads who have preceptorship or PCT experience on an L&D floor.
• At least 1 year of acute care nursing experience (preferred)

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Sentara Obici Hospital a 175-bed state-of-the-art facility is located on Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk VA. Our full-service hospital continues a legacy of providing residents of Western Tidewater with high-quality patient-centered care. As a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence the hospital specializes in orthopedic and spine heart and vascular advanced imaging gynecological and comprehensive breast services behavioral health maternity weight loss surgery and a heartburn treatment center.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-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.