Transport Nurse (NIGHTS)

Nemours Children's Health; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemours Children's Health seeks a Transport Registered Nurse for night shifts (1845-0715), three 12-hour weeks. The CCTT team delivers 24/7 pediatric transport care, stabilizing and transporting neonates to adolescents with critical conditions.

Expect advanced critical care procedures, specialized equipment, and inter-facility coordination. Required: ASN with BSN within 3 years, 2+ years ICU/critical care, pediatric transport preferred, DE nursing license to start, BLS, PALS/ACLS with 90-day

Qualifications

• ASN required (must obtain BSN within 3 years)
• 2-3 yrs ICU experience required; NICU preferred
• At least two years of recent critical care nursing experience; pediatric experience preferred
• DE nursing license to start (MD/PA/NJ to be obtained within 90 days)
• BLS required for hire
• PALS, ACLS certification or obtain within 90 days
• ENPC, TNCC, Stable and NRP within one year
• PHRN and DE EMT certification within two years
• National accredited nursing certification preferred
• Previous transport experience preferred
• PA background check required
• Bilingual preferred

Responsibilities

• Transport and manage critically ill or injured pediatric patients during inter-facility transports
• Operate and monitor specialized transport equipment and ventilators
• Provide direct medical command under pediatric intensivist supervision
• Perform vascular access, airway management and emergency procedures as needed
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across PICU, NICU and ED

Skills

Critical care nursing

PALS/ACLS

BLS certification

ICU experience

Pediatric transport experience

Education

ASN required; BSN within 3 years

Job description

Job Description

Schedules will include every third weekend and every third holiday.

Nemours is seeking a Transport Registered Nurse! We are currently hiring for night shift 1845-0715, three 12-hr shifts/week. Schedules will include every third weekend and every third holiday.

The Nemours Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team (CCTT) operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week to stabilize and transport sick and injured children. Our teams consist of two to four health care professionals, of which two are typically nurses. Direct medical command is supplied by board-certified pediatric intensivists. The CCTT nurse assumes responsibility and is accountable for the delivery and management of expert, specialty care of the critically ill or injured neonate, infant, child, or adolescent during inter-facility pediatric transports. Principal admitting diagnoses includes prematurity, respiratory illnesses, neurological disorders and trauma patients. The team uses specially-designed equipment to maintain or exceed the level of care provided by referring facilities, to include multi-parameter vital-sign monitors, high-flow oxygen delivery units, mechanical ventilators, Nitric Oxide delivery units, cooling units, compact infusion pumps and defibrillator/external pacemakers. Advanced procedures performed by CCTT staff include vascular access (intravenous and intraosseous), endotracheal intubation, chest decompression and advanced airway management.

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Requirements

• ASN required (must obtain BSN within 3 years)
• 2-3 yrs ICU experience required; NICU preferred
• At least two (2) years of recent critical care nursing experience required; pediatric experience preferred
• Nursing Licenses: DE required to start. MD, PA, NJ to be obtained within 90 days of hire.
• American Heart Association BLS required for hire.
• Must have PALS, ACLS certification or obtain within 90 days of hire
• Must obtain ENPC, TNCC, Stable and NRP within one (1) year of date of hire
• Must obtain PHRN and DE EMT certification within two (2) years of hire
• National accredited nursing certification preferred
• Previous Transport experience preferred
• PA background check required
• Bilingual preferred

The CCTT transports on average ten (10) patients daily. Ninety (90) percent of patients are transported by ambulance; the remaining patients are flown by helicopter. Patient placement includes specialty care units such as pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care, cardiac intensive care, burn units, emergency and surgical units, as well as the general pediatric floors. In addition to performing inter-hospital transports, the CCTT staff assists with patient care in the PICU, NICU, and ED, and serves as resources to other nursing units within the hospital. The Nemours CCTT is honored to be one of only a few pediatric transport teams to offer and successfully transport patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org .