PACU Nurse Manager - Level 1 Trauma Center
- Pay
- $123,573 – $188,635 per year
- Location
- Norfolk, VA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 7 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Registered Nurse licensure
- Operating room experience
- Supervisory experience
- Patient safety management
- Staff hiring and scheduling
Also useful
- PACU experience
- ICU experience
- Leadership in academic medical center
- Master's degree in nursing
About the role
- City/State
- Norfolk, VA
- Work Shift
- First (Days)
Overview
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (SNGH) is currently hiring a Manager, Main Operating Room/PACU!
This is a Full-Time position with great benefits!
Position is located in Norfolk, VA.
Serving as a destination medical center in the Mid-Atlantic region, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is one of just five Level 1 trauma centers in Virginia, home to the Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance, region’s first Magnet® hospital and nationally ranked heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital.
Job Responsibilities
- Assume responsibility and accountability for operations and success.
- Responsible for the delivery of high quality services which meet or exceed customer expectations.
- Position is responsible for safe management of patients throughout perioperative experience.
- Serve as mentor by role modeling a professional practice consistent with surgeon expectations, organizational goals, customer service, clinical effectiveness, patient safety and clinical standards of care.
- Manage 2 direct reports and oversight of approx. 125 indirect reports
- Scope include the following specialties: General/ENT/Trauma, Vascular/Podiatry and GYN/Eyes/Plastics/Orientees
- Hiring of RNs including their Call schedule and Holiday schedule
Job Requirements
- Required Education: RN-Bachelor's Level Degree
- Experience: Operating Room- 3 years; Supervisory- 3 years
- Licenses and Certifications: Registered Nurse
- Master's level degree in nursing preferred.
- Preferred experience in PACU or ICU as well as leadership experience in a highly complex academic medical center.
Benefits
Sentara offers an attractive array of full-time benefits to include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Paid Time Off, Paid Sick Leave, Paid Parental Leave, and Emergency Caregiver Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Paydown programs
- 401k/403B, 401a plans
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Work Perks
- PLUS, Sentara just added MORE benefits that support the needs of you and your family.
- Ask about our Student Debt Program, our additional floating holiday that was added, or our new resources that will help strengthen your financial outlook.
- We are confident that you will find our new, enhanced benefit package will exceed your expectations!
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!
- Sentara employees strive to make our communities healthier places to live.
- We’re setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace.
- For more information about our employee benefits,
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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 $123,572.80 - $188,635.20 annually.
- Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
- Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.
- Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually.
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.
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.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
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.
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The PACU Nurse Manager - Level 1 Trauma Center posting at Sentara states compensation of $123,573 – $188,635 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Sentara's official career site.
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This PACU Nurse Manager - Level 1 Trauma Center position at Sentara is located in Norfolk, VA (On-site). Always check Sentara's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
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