
Forensic Nurse Examiner - Full-Time, Day Shift
Woodbridge, VAFull-time$44.53–64.8/hrPosted todayStill listed today
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Job overview
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center is hiring a Forensic Nurse Examiner to provide high-quality, cost-effective care to forensic patients. The role supports positive group dynamics and patient, hospital, and community satisfaction, while promoting the professional growth and development of the Forensic Nursing program.
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Full job description
City/State Woodbridge, VA Work Shift First (Days) Overview: Overview Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center is now hiring a Forensic Nurse Examiner. Forensic Nurse Examiners ensure high quality and cost effective care to all forensic patients. Our FNEs maintain an atmosphere of positive group dynamics to promote patient, hospital, and community satisfaction with services provided, as well as promote professional growth and development of the Forensic Nursing program on a continuous basis.
Education
- Associates or Bachelor's degree in Nursing (Required)
Certification/Licensure
- Completion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner or Forensic Nurse Examiner training program(Required)
Experience
- At least 1 year of acute care experience (required)
We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $44.53 - $64.80 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.
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center located in Woodbridge, VA is a 183-bed not-for-profit hospital. We combine the resources of a major health system with the compassionate, personalized care of a community hospital. We offer quiet, private rooms and quality care focused on safety and patient satisfaction. Our clinical services include advanced imaging, cancer services, cardiovascular care, emergency care, lab services, orthopedics, weight loss services and more, all powered through Sentara eCare®, a comprehensive electronic medical record system. In addition to our hospital, Sentara Health is enhancing access to healthcare services in Northern Virginia with outpatient and imaging centers in Lake Ridge, Lorton, Springfield and Alexandria, Va. We improve health every day, come be a part of the community.
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 28,861 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$44.53–64.8/hr
- Virginia median$35–48/hr385 hourly ranges
- US median$34–45/hr13,052 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $54.67/hr, is 35% above the Virginia median midpoint ($40/hr) — in the top quarter of Nurse hourly ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 644 open Nurse jobs in Virginia and 28,861 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Sentara Health (this employer)140 open
- HCA Healthcare132 open
- Bon Secours Mercy Health43 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (12,039 postings).
- Education
- 3,102 of the 28,861 open Nurse jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Nurse jobs
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