Transport Nurse (NIGHTS)

Nemours in; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemours is seeking a Transport Registered Nurse for the night shift, 1845-0715, three 12-hour shifts per week, with every third weekend and holiday. The Transport Team stabilizes and moves critically ill or injured pediatric patients across facilities.

You will operate advanced life support equipment, coordinate care with physicians and multidisciplinary teams, and ensure safe inter-facility transports from PICU, NICU, and ED settings. Prior pediatric transport or ICU experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• ASN required; BSN must be obtained within 3 years.
• 2-3 years ICU experience, NICU preferred.
• At least two years of critical care nursing; pediatric experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Stabilize and transport critically ill or injured pediatric patients between facilities.
• Operate and monitor multi-parameter monitors and life-support equipment.
• Collaborate with physicians and transport team to ensure safe patient care.

Skills

ICU experience

Pediatric care

Bilingual

ACLS/PALS eligibility

Education

ASN degree

BSN within 3 years

RN license in DE

Job description

Transport Nurse (NIGHTS) (Finance)

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 stabilise 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 Licences: 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 honoured to be one of only a few pediatric transport teams to offer and successfully transport patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). #LI-MR1

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognised 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 non‑profit 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.