Nursing

Careers in Nursing

Careers in Nursing

Find the Right Nursing Career Fit at Riverside

Riverside nurses embody our mission - to care for others as we would care for those we love – to enhance their well-being and improve their health. The Riverside nurse has a proud history of supporting health and well-being within our communities for more than 100 years. The legacy of a Riverside nurse is indeed generational. 

If a commitment to diversity, teamwork and respect — and competent, compassionate care helps to describe your nursing practice — YOU would be a wonderful addition to our nursing team. Riverside offers many career opportunities to help you reach your highest potential. There has never been a better time to become a Riverside nurse!

Professional Growth and Advancement Opportunities

With our broad care continuum that includes acute and post-acute care, nurses at Riverside have nearly unlimited opportunities to grow professionally. Riverside is committed to the engagement and professional growth of our nursing staff, valuing internal transfers, promotion and succession planning. 

Riverside supports and encourages lifelong learning and advanced education. Our commitment to advanced education includes Student Loan Pay Down to full-time RNs. This program can assist in paying down debt faster, saving money and shaving years off the life of your loan. Please check with our recruitment team to see how this program may assist you.

From your first day of employment, educational assistance through up-front tuition reimbursement is also available to full-time and part-time team members, including:

  • Higher base pay for RNs in eligible positions who have their BSN or MSN
  • Clinical Ladder promotion for RNs, LPNs and CNAs to recognize and reward excellence in professional development
  • Nurse Residency Program to help support new graduates in the acute care settings

Riverside Provides the Full Continuum of Care Opportunities

Our nursing team includes Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nurse Aides and Nurse Aides. At Riverside, nurses have access to a variety of clinical settings, including:

  • Acute Care
  • Outpatient Services
  • Education and Research
  • Home Health and Private Duty
  • Palliative and Hospice 
  • Infusion Centers
  • Medical Practices
  • Skilled and Long-term-care Nursing Facilities
  • Specialty Care and Services
  • Care Management
  • Tele-health Nursing
  • Employee Health

Supportive and Collaborative Leadership

American Nurses Credentialing Center LogoWe are committed to creating a positive practice environment that empowers and engages our nursing staff. Nursing leaders are represented across the Health System, having input into key strategy and decision making. Our hospitals are all ANCC-designated Pathway to Excellence with Riverside Regional, well on their way on their magnet journey!

We Support and Celebrate Extraordinary 

Riverside celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day. Riverside is proud to be a DAISY Award Partner.

Riverside nurses are carefully selected for their empathy, ethics and clinical skills. Each is committed to our mission of caring for others as we would care for those we love.

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Learn More about Riverside, a Great Place to Work

With hundreds of locations throughout coastal Virginia, Riverside is an ideal choice for those enjoying recreational, cultural and educational opportunities. We are one of the area's larger employers, with more than 10,000 team members. We've also been certified as a top workplace by the Great Place to Work organization since 2017. Learn more about working at Riverside.

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Nurses at Riverside have nearly unlimited opportunities to grow professionally. If you value diversity, teamwork and respect — and caring is at the heart of your nursing practice — please consider joining our team.