Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical Unit - Day Shift

Christiana Care Health System; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ChristianaCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for their 6B Medical Unit, working day shifts with weekend and holiday requirements. The RN will provide critical patient care, building relationships guided by the organization's values of love and excellence. This dynamic setting offers a collaborative environment for professional growth.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Generous paid time off with annual rollover

12-week paid parental leave

Tuition assistance

Annual membership to care.com

Qualifications

• At least one year of med/surg experience as an RN is required.
• BLS required.

Responsibilities

• Engage in a relationship-based care model with patients and families.
• Provide acute medical care in a 40-bed medical inpatient unit.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Education

RN License in Delaware or Compact State

BSN preferred

Job description

Registered Nurse (RN) - 6B Medical Unit

Day Shift (Hours: 7a-7p) Weekends & Holidays per department guidelines.

Newark, DE

ChristianaCare Hospital is seeking an RN to work for our 6B Medical Unit. This position requires the candidate selected to work 3–12-hour Day Shift (7a-7p) with Weekend/Holiday requirements.

As a medical nurse, you will engage in a relationship-based care model, building relationships with patients, their families, and your peers, guided by our values of love and excellence.

Unit

6B is a 40-bed medical inpatient unit that provides acute medical care on a 24-hour basis. 6B is designed to accommodate 40 patients who need acute and/or chronic medical services. The scope of services on 6B encompasses a variety of diagnoses/testing including, but not limited to pneumonia, syncope, diabetes management, chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD), and altered mental status. The patient population cared for in this area includes adults 18 years of age and up. The conditions of patients cared for on the unit can be described as good to fair. The patients are received/transferred/admitted from the emergency department, ICU, step-down, home, and doctors’ offices.

About Us

ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic healthcare organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible, and lowering healthcare costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,299 beds), a free-standing emergency department, a Level I trauma center, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health.

Our mission as an organization is to serve our neighbors as expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. This is our promise to you. As a nonprofit health system, our mission is one of service. We believe that the key to providing great health care is to partner with our patients and their families, building a system of care that is effective, affordable, and valuable to everyone who is touched by it.

ChristianaCare Offers:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
• Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions.
• Generous paid time off with annual rollover and opportunities to cash out.
• 12-week paid parental leave.
• Tuition assistance
• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial mentor, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

Education & Experience:

• RN License in Delaware or Compact State
• BSN preferredor committed to acquiring BSN within 3 years of the hire date.
• At least one year of med/surg experience as an RN is required.
• BLS required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Ability to stand, walk, sit, bend, lift, push, pull, carry, reach, twist, handle, stoop, bend, climb as per practice area-based Physical Demands Checklist.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Frequent exposure to biological elements with occasional exposure to chemical and environmental elements as per practice area-based Physical Demands Checklist.