Registered Nurse Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

Multiple shifts available

Overview:

Registered Nurse (RN) – Cardiac ICU | Nights
Sentara Heart Hospital | Norfolk, Virginia

Sentara Heart Hospital, located on the campus of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, is hiring a Registered Nurse to join our Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU).

Join a highly specialized team where collaboration, teamwork, and clinical excellence guide every shift. As a CICU nurse, you’ll care for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions, develop advanced critical care skills, and make a meaningful difference for patients and their families.

Position Details & Compensation

• Shift: Nights
• New graduate RN starting pay: $36.00 per hour
• Experienced RN pay range: $41.93–$61.01 per hour, based on years of experience
• Sign-on bonus: Up to $20,000 for qualified candidates

About the Cardiac ICU

The CICU provides high-acuity, specialized care for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions, including:

• Severe heart failure and pulmonary hypertension
• Cardiac arrest and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
• Pre- and post-heart transplant care

Our nurses manage advanced therapies and technologies, including continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), Impella, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), and invasive hemodynamic monitoring with pulmonary artery catheters.

CICU nurses also support the broader Heart Hospital as Medical Response Team (MRT) nurses, bringing their critical care expertise to patients throughout the organization.

Your Role

Deliver skilled, compassionate nursing care using assessment, clinical judgment, individualized care planning, implementation, and evaluation. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, educate patients and families, and support safe, evidence-based care that meets the needs of critically ill cardiac patients.

Education

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

Licensure & Certifications

• Current Virginia RN license or eligibility to practice through a compact/multistate RN license
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required within one year of hire

Experience

Candidates should have one of the following:

• ICU experience
• At least one year of intermediate or stepdown care experience with cardiac knowledge
• At least two years of Medical/Surgical or Progressive Care Unit (PCU) experience
• At least one year of Emergency Department (ED) experience

Nurse Transition to Practice Program

Build your critical care skills with support from day one. Sentara’s 12-week

Nurse Transition to Practice program helps nurses new to critical care develop the knowledge and confidence needed to succeed.

The program combines classroom learning, mentorship, and preceptor-led unit orientation with eight sessions featuring live simulations, case studies, and problem-based learning.

Topics include:

• Patient assessment and respiratory and cardiac care
• Vasoactive medications and hemodynamics
• Invasive monitoring
• Postoperative care and sedation
• Effective communication with providers and families

Bring your passion for cardiac care to a team committed to clinical excellence, professional growth, and exceptional patient outcomes. Apply today!

Keywords: Talroo-Nursing, Cardiac ICU, CICU, ICU RN, CVICU, IMCU RN, Stepdown, PCU, Intensive Care Unit


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.