Cardiac Registered Nurse (RN) – Advanced Heart Failure

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Sentara Heart Hospital, located on the campus of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) 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.

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.

Sentara Heart Hospital is a 112-bed facility ranked #2 in Virginia for Cardiology and Heart Surgery and #24 nationally for best heart programs.

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.

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

• 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.

• No experience required.
• Previous healthcare experience preferred.
• New graduate nurses welcome!

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.

Keywords: Cardiac, Cardiac Specialty Unit, Heart Transplant Unit, Talroo-Nursing, AHFU, IMCU, New Graduate Nurse, Medical Unit, PCU, ER