Registered Nurse e-ICU

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) is seeking an experienced full-time ICU Nurse for Day Shift 7am-7pm to join the team at our Norfolk location.

Location:

Sentara Independence

800 Independence Blvd.

Virginia Beach, VA 23455

**This position is currently located at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital but will be moving in late June to Sentara Independence.

Our Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) is a form of telemedicine that uses state of the art technology to provide an additional layer of critical care service.  The goal of the E-ICU (tele-ICU) is to reduce mortality, length of stay and prevent complications by providing an additional layer of monitoring for the patients. This is accomplished by utilizing advanced telecommunications technology.  The Sentara eICU staff collaborates with the bedside ICU team to proactively intervene to carry out the Sentara Commitments to Always Work Together as a Team to Provide Our Patients Quality Healthcare and Always Keep You Safe.   

If you enjoy ICU level of care, have excellent critical thinking skills, want to be a part of a collaborative team, understands technology & navigating through systems, and have 3+ years of critical care nursing experience then this may be an opportunity to join the e-ICU team.   

The Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) supports 7 of our hospital locations including Sentara Abermale medical Center, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, Sentara Leigh Hospital, Sentara Careplex Hospital, Sentara Obici Hospital, Sentara Williamsburg Hospital, and  Sentara RMH Medical Center.

e-ICU RN provides remote nursing care acting as an advocate, guide, and resource for the bedside ICU RN.  

Collaborates with the eMD to provide telemedicine care to a diverse population of critically ill adults across multiple ICUs at various Sentara hospitals. 

The eMDs and eRNs follow patients in the Monitored Census utilizing Epic Patient Monitoring (EPM).  Video conferencing via the eICU cameras allows direct communication with the patients, bedside team, other members of the healthcare team and patients’ families at the patient’s bedside.   

The eRNs maintain daily logs with their monitoring assignments and APACHE assignments.

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:

• Associate’s Degree or Diploma in Registered Nursing (required)
• Bachelor of Science Nursing- BSN or MSN (Preferred)

Certification/Licensure:

• Virginia RN License Virginia or Compact/Multi-State Eligible.
• CCRN preferred
• All Direct Care RN's required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.

Experience:

• Three-plus years of recent ICU bedside preferred

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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.