Registered Nurse (RN), Stroke Program Navigator (Temp)

Sentara Health Plans; Norfolk, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Job summary

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA is seeking a full-time, temporary Registered Nurse Stroke Program Coordinator/Navigator to drive patient progression and improve outcomes for stroke patients.

This 8-month assignment, with potential to become permanent, requires BSN, RN license, BLS within 90 days, and 3 years RN experience. You will lead cross-disciplinary care and support timely discharge planning and transitions.

Qualifications

• BSN required and RN license.
• BLS certification within 90 days of hire.
• Minimum 3 years RN experience.

Responsibilities

• Daily patient surveillance to support timely progression of care across units.
• Identify and escalate delays related to diagnostics, consults, procedures, discharge planning, or clinical changes.
• Recognize high-risk patients early and elevate concerns related to decline, complications, or delays.
• Coordinate care across neurology, hospitalists, rehab, case management, nursing and other partners.
• Support early discharge planning for transitions to rehab, SNF, home health, hospice or other settings.
• Facilitate early goals-of-care and palliative integration for high-risk populations.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Care coordination

Patient surveillance

Barrier identification

Education

BSN

Job description

Overview

City/State Norfolk, VA Work Shift First (Days) Overview: Registered Nurse (RN) Stroke Program Coordinator/Navigator - Temporary Make a meaningful impact on stroke patient outcomes at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is seeking a full-time, temporary Registered Nurse (RN) Stroke Program Coordinator/Navigator to help drive patient progression, reduce length of stay, and support exceptional outcomes for our stroke population. Temporary assignment: This role is expected to be in place for approximately eight months, with the potential to become permanent based on measurable success in reducing length of stay (LOS) for stroke patients. In this highly visible role, you will serve as the day-to-day operational lead for stroke patient progression, partnering across disciplines to identify barriers, elevate to risk, coordinate care, and support timely, safe transitions throughout the continuum.

Why You’ll Love This Opportunity

Lead meaningful work that directly supports stroke patient outcomes, care progression, and quality metrics. Collaborate with neurology, hospital medicine, rehabilitation, case management, nursing, and palliative care teams. Bring clinical expertise and operational focus to one of the region’s premier acute care hospitals. Help shape a role with the potential to become permanent based on demonstrated impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily patient surveillance: Proactively track stroke patients across units to support timely progression of care.
• Barrier identification and escalation: Identify and elevate delays related to diagnostics, consults, procedures, discharge planning, or clinical changes.
• Mortality risk mitigation: Recognize high-risk patients early and elevate concerns related to decline, complications, or delays.
• Care coordination: Align neurology, hospitalists, rehab, case management, nursing, and other key partners around patient needs and next steps.
• Discharge acceleration: Support early planning for transitions to inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, hospice, or other appropriate settings.
• Goals-of-care and palliative integration: Prompt early consults for high-risk populations, including SAH and ICH patients as appropriate.
• Post-discharge continuity: Help ensure patients complete advance care planning prior to discharge when appropriate due to elevated risk for recurrent stroke.

Education Requirements

BSN Required

Certification/Licensure Requirements

Registered Nurse license required

Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire

Experience Requirements

3 years of RN experience

Required Stroke Patients-Incumbents are required to be knowledgeable of the standards of care for the stroke patients and meet the annual educational requirements set forth by the System for certified stroke centers.

Location

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital - Norfolk, VA

Position Status

Full-time, 40 hours per week

Shift

Days

Benefits

• 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.

Diversity & Inclusion

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.

Remote Opportunities

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
• Wyoming

About Sentara

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 a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering hundreds of sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan. The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara "Employer of Choice" for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years. Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!