Sentara Health

Sentara Health is a not-for-profit integrated healthcare system founded in 1888, when it began as a small hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. It now operates a network of more than 300 sites of care, including 12 hospitals, across Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. Care is delivered by more than 1,600 physicians and advanced practice providers working in multidisciplinary teams, producing over 2.8 million patient visits each year.

The system's stated mission is to improve health every day, with work organised around integrated care delivery, clinical quality measurement and effectiveness analytics, and the development of new methods of care. Technical domains span healthcare and state-of-the-art medical technology, integrated delivery systems, quality and outcomes analytics, care innovation and multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Sentara reports several measures of standing in its field. Eight of its hospitals hold Magnet Recognition Program designation, a nursing quality credential achieved by fewer than 8% of U.S. hospitals. The system has appeared in the U.S. News & World Report best hospitals rankings for more than 18 consecutive years and was named among the "Top 15 Healthcare Systems" by IBM Watson Health.

Employment sits within a community-serving, not-for-profit organisation with more than 125 years of operation, working across hospitals and acute care, integrated delivery, community health and patient care, and nursing and advanced practice care.