Student Nurse Internship Program (S.N.I.P.) - Summer Internship - Sentara Leigh Hospital

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Sentara Leigh Hospital (SLH) is currently recruiting RN Students for the Summer Student Nurse Internship Program (S.N.I.P). Nursing Students are unlicensed staff members who are within two semesters of graduation from an accredited RN program.

Dates: May 18 - July 30, 2026

S.N.I.P. is an early workforce recruitment initiative offered by Sentara Leigh Hospital for soon-to-be graduating seniors from an accredited nursing program. 

S.N.I.P. offers aspiring nurses a unique opportunity while working as “nursing students” in our acute care facility that is nationally recognized as a Magnet-designated acute care hospital.

Requirements:

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited professional Nursing (RN) program within 2 semesters of graduation.
• BLS required.
• Resume required at time of application
• During program timeframe, you must be available every Thursday for                shadowing from 7am to 3pm
• First 2 weeks of program is full-time hours
• After orientation, expectation is one 12-hour shift plus one shadow shift weekly with opportunity to pick up extra shifts.

After the Program Benefits:

• When the program ends on July 30, we would like our students to remain in the Resource Pool.  We will offer you flexibility around your school schedule.  
• Graduates of the program will be offered interview opportunities with the possibility of preferential job placement and options to participate in sign-on-bonus opportunities.
• For your senior preceptorship, we are partnering with your school’s professors so that we can accept each SNIP student in a preceptorship at Leigh.

Facility Highlights:

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Learn more about Sentara Leigh and our culture:  https://youtu.be/D4g5-le5lCE

Contact Christy to find out more: clpowell@sentara.com

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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 may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.

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.

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