RN - PICU at Nemours in Wilmington, Delaware

Job Description:

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Registered Nurse- PICU to join our team in Wilmington, DE. F ULL-TIME, 12 hour shifts, NIGHTS OR ROTATING opportunities available with weekend and holiday rotation.

$10, 000 SIGN ON BONUS!!!**

**Must commit to two years night shift and have a minimum of 2 years critical care nursing experience to qualify for sign on!

Currently we have FULL-TIME opportunities - 60 hours biweekly vacancies and 72 hours vacancies, with weekend and holiday rotation.

• Full-Time:
  
  
  • 0.75 FTE (60 hours per pay period) full-time benefit eligible
  • 0.9 FTE (36 hours per week) full-time benefit eligible
  
  

Benefits:

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  Paid Time Off: Six paid holidays annually and one day of paid volunteer time off
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  Paid Parental Leave: Six weeks of paid leave for new parents at 100% pay
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  Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,250 for approved courses
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  Retirement Savings Plan: 403(b) plan with immediate participation and matching contributions; 457(b) program for highly compensated associates
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  Insurance: Basic Life and AD&D Insurance equal to one time annual salary, up to $500,000
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  Disability Coverage: Short- and long-term disability coverage at 60% of salary for non-work-related disabilities

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware is a 24-bed unit in a Level 1 Trauma Center. Patients requiring care and surveillance in the PICU will have conditions and diagnoses which may include, but are not limited to, those producing: acute and reversible loss of consciousness, respiratory failure, compromised air exchange, cardiovascular dysfunction, hepatic failure, hemodynamic instability, renal dysfunction, central nervous system injury or dysfunction, acute trauma, and organ failure requiring transplantation.

Treatments or interventions performed in the PICU include measures utilizing advanced life support technology. These include, but are not limited to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, tracheal intubation, ECMO, pharmacologic support of circulation, mechanical ventilation, point of care monitoring, CRRT, thoracentesis, and hemodynamic, intracranial pressure, intravascular monitoring.

Each patient room has electrocardiographic, pulse oximetry, respiratory, hemodynamic and intracranial pressure monitoring capability, as well as central EKG and respiratory monitoring. Portable monitoring during patient transport is provided.

Special equipment includes; radiant warmer beds, heating/cooling blanket systems, Mapleson manual ventilation system, end tidal CO2 monitors, ventilators, hemodynamic monitoring systems, intracranial pressure monitoring system, ventriculostomy systems, infusion pumps, blood warmer, continuous renal replacement systems, and peripheral nerve stimulators.

REQUIREMENTS

• Be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred
• Experienced pediatric intensive care nurse of at least 2 years preferred
• Have a current registration or be for eligible Delaware State Board of Nursing Licensure.
  Must be CPR certified by the American Heart Association. PALS preferred.

Certifications: CCRN preferred

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