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Operating Room Registered Nurse

Sentara Health

Norfolk, VAFull-time$41.93–61.01/hrPosted 3w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$41.93–61.01/hr
Location
Norfolk, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Sentara Health is hiring an experienced Registered Nurse for the General Surgery/OR Unit at Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. The full-time role has rotating day shifts. Primary duties include assessing and admitting patients, conducting rounding checks, administering medications, communicating with family members, and providing overall patient care. The posting lists an hourly base-pay range and describes benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and retirement plans.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Patient AssessmentPatient AdmissionMedication AdministrationPatient Care

Qualifications

Registered Nurse

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave

Full job description

City/State Norfolk, VA Work Shift First (Days) Overview: Sentara is hiring an experienced Registered Nurse for the General Surgery/OR Unit at Norfolk General Hospital, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Sign on bonus up to $15,000 offered for qualified candidates.

Shift: Full Time, Rotating 7-3, 7-7 and 11-9

As a Registered Nurse with Sentara, you can excel in your career. There are many different specialties where you can perform and grow your nursing skills in areas of interest to you. If you desire, there are promotional opportunities into leadership or to advance your level of care in a variety of settings. This position's primary duties include assessing/admitting patients, rounding checks, giving medications, talking with family members, and being responsible for the overall care of your patients. You will find that teamwork is exceptional, with everyone working together to ensure the best care for our patients.

Benefits: Sentara offers an attractive array of full-time benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Sick, Tuition Reimbursement, a 401k/403B , 401a, Performance Plus Bonus, Career Advancement Opportunities, Work Perks and more. Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth. Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

Keywords: Talroo-Nursing. Registered Nurse. RN. Sign on bonus. Medical Surgical. Nursing. Nurse. General Surgery/OR. OR. Surgery. Operating room. General Surgery. RN. day shift. First shift. 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 59,390 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$41.93–61.01/hr
  • Virginia median$41–55/hr1,137 hourly ranges
  • US median$38–54/hr24,938 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $51.47/hr, is 8% above the Virginia median midpoint ($48/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,627 open Registered Nurse jobs in Virginia and 59,390 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (28,932 postings).
Education
4,356 of the 59,390 open Registered Nurse jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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