Registered Nurse - Hospice

  • Sentara Health
  • Chesapeake, Virginia
  • 05/02/2026
Full time

Job Description

City/State
Chesapeake, VA

Work Shift
Weekend Days

Overview:

Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Registered Nurse.

Overview:

The Direct Care Registered Nurse - Home Health and Hospice Provides high-quality nursing care to patients in their homes or hospice settings, ensuring comfort, dignity, and emotional support during end-of-life care.

Anticipated Status/Shift:

Full Time (36 hours/week)

Weekend Day Shift (8AM - 8PM, weekend days)

Position Location:

Sentara Hospice Services - Chesapeake, VA

Pay Range: $33.61- $56.01/hour

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits.

Education
  • Associate's Degree in Nursing (Required)

Certification/Licensure
  • Valid RN License in state of practice (VA) (Required)
  • BLS (Required within 90 days of hire)

Experience
  • 1 year of nursing experience (Required)
  • Previous Home Care/Hospice experience (Preferred)
  • Develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care for specific patient populations (Preferred)
  • Manages a patient case load through coordination and collaboration with multidisciplinary team members to facilitate integrated and comprehensive care (Preferred)
  • Possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas (Preferred)


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

• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development

•Pet Insurance
•Legal Resources Plan
•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

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.