Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiovascular Critical Care

Full Time - 12-hour Shifts - 36 hours/week

Day/Midnight Shifts (7A-7P & 7P-7A)

-or- Night shifts (7P-7A)

Weekends & Holidays commitment per department guidelines

Newark, DE

For the FOURTH consecutive time, our Cardiovascular Critical Care Complex unit has earned a gold-level Beacon Award from the AACN. You can read more here.

The RN in Cardiovascular Critical Care will gain diverse and challenging experiences with a cardiac medical and surgical critical care population. Opportunities exist to collaborate with the coronary care multidisciplinary team, which includes cardiologists and medical residents, as well as the cardiac surgery multidisciplinary team, inclusive of attending surgeons and PA’s. The CVCCC RN will participate in daily multidisciplinary patient-focused rounds, will gain extensive experience caring for extremely high acuity cardiac patients, titrating multiple vasoactive medications, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, ventilators and rapid weaning, intra-aortic balloon pumps, CRRT, and ventricular assist devices.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• BSN required or commitment to obtaining BSN within three years of date of hire
• Have experience caring for high acuity patients required.
• At least two years of stepdown experience required.
• Previous critical care experience strongly preferred.
• BLS required.
• ACLS and cardiac dysrhythmia proficiency required.
• Delaware RN licensure or eligibility for licensure in the state of Delaware

ChristianaCare Offers:

• Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
• Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions
• Generous paid time off with annual roll-over 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 coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.