NP, Cardiac Surgery Stepdown Team

ChristianaCare is currently recruiting for a Nurse Practitioner to work in the Cardiac Surgery Professional Services. This is a full-time position that promotes a work/life balance.   Position consists of  4 10hr shifts per week covering stepdown, rotating weekend stepdown coverage (every 3rd weekend), and ICU coverage overnight once every other week. Responsibilities and duties for the cardiac surgery patient include: consultations, pre-operative assessments, post-op critical care, post-op step down care, daily progress notes, discharges, occasional admissions, removal of chest tubes/pacing wires/IABPs, and placement of central lines and arterial lines. Our ChristianaCare Cardiac Surgery program performs multiple procedures including CABG, Valve, Complex Aortic Surgeries, TAVR, Endografts, LVAD, and ECMOs.

Why ChristianaCare?

•  Generous Continuing Education Time and Allowance
•  Substantial PTO plus 12-Week Fully Paid Parental Leave
•  Opportunities for Career Growth
•  403(b) and Defined Contribution Plan Retirement Options with Employer Match
•  Annual Quality Incentive Bonus

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Master's degree as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• One year of cardiac surgery experience preferred
• Licensure or license eligible in the state of Delaware
• Prescriptive authority required
• Apply for and receive DEA number to prescribe controlled substances
• ACLS required

Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware. This 1,007-bed, 1.3-million-square-foot modern facility provides a level of care only available in large-scale teaching hospitals. Christiana Hospital includes Delaware's only Level-I Trauma center (as verified by the American College of Surgeons), which is prepared to handle the most extreme medical emergencies. In fact, it is the only Level-I Trauma center on the East Coast corridor between Baltimore and Philadelphia. Christiana Hospital has also been nationally recognized in U.S. News and World Report's Best Regional Hospitals rankings as #1 in Delaware and #3 in the Philadelphia metro area, plus High Performing in 9 Adult Procedures/Conditions.