Sentara Health

Sentara Health Jobs and Company Information

At Sentara, you don't just practice medicine — you help shape the future of healthcare delivery in one of the most dynamic regions on the East Coast.

Competitive Compensation & Financial Security
Highly competitive base salaries, wRVU-based productivity incentives, quality bonuses, and generous recruitment packages — including signing bonuses, relocation assistance, and loan forgiveness eligibility at qualifying sites.

Exceptional Clinical Resources
Practice alongside world-class specialists in a fully integrated system. Epic EMR system-wide, advanced imaging, robotic surgery, and an active research infrastructure — you'll have the tools to deliver the best care possible without fighting the system to do it.

Work-Life Integration — By Design
Flexible scheduling, APP collaborative practice models, no required call at select sites, and support for part-time arrangements. Because we know the best providers are those who thrive in and outside the clinic.
Career Growth & Leadership
Sentara's Center for Learning & Innovation, GME partnerships, and internal leadership development programs give providers a clear path from clinician to educator, leader, or researcher — without ever leaving the system.

A Culture You Can Feel
Consistently recognized as a Top Workplace and Best Employer for Diversity. Our commitment to DEIB shows up in our hiring, our leadership, and our communities. When you join Sentara, you join a team that sees you.

Community & Quality of Life
From Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Albemarle region — coastal cities, college towns, and tight-knit communities with affordable living, excellent schools, and a quality of life that's genuinely hard to match anywhere else on the East Coast.  
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Company Information

Sentara Health is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit integrated health systems — 12 hospitals, more than 300 care sites, a 900,000-member health plan, and a team of over 33,000 across Virginia and North Carolina. Guided by our mission to improve health every day, we bring together nationally recognized clinical programs, advanced technology, and a culture rooted in belonging, growth, and purpose.

Our physicians and advanced practice providers are the core of everything we do. From community-based primary care to high-acuity academic medicine, Sentara offers a breadth of practice environments — and a shared commitment to delivering care that transforms lives.

Company History

Founded in 1888 in Norfolk, Virginia, Sentara Health began as a single institution with a simple commitment: serve the community well. Over 135+ years, that mission has expanded into one of the most respected not-for-profit integrated health systems in the nation.

Today our footprint spans 12 hospitals across Virginia and North Carolina, including Sentara Norfolk General Hospital — a Level I Trauma Center and academic medical center in partnership with Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). We have built centers of excellence in cardiac care, cancer, orthopedics, neurosciences, and women's health that draw patients — and physicians — from across the region and beyond.

Our growth has always been mission-driven. That means investing in rural access, underserved communities, and care delivery models that meet patients where they are — not just where it's most profitable.

Sentara Enterprises encompasses Optima Health (our 900,000-member health plan), pharmacy services, and care management — enabling us to deliver truly integrated, value-based care across the full continuum.

We are a Magnet-designated nursing organization and a consistent recipient of recognition from U.S. News & World Report, Healthgrades, and Leapfrog. But the recognition we value most is the trust of the patients and providers who choose Sentara every day.

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