Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg
ChristianaCare
Newark, DE

Registered Nurse (RN) - 6B Medical Unit

Night Shift (Hours: 7p-7a) Weekends & Holidays per department guidelines.

Newark, DE

ChristianaCare Hospital is seeking an RN to work for our 6B Medical Unit. This position requires the candidate selected to work 3–12-hour Night Shift (7p-7a) with Weekend/Holiday rotation.

As a medical nurse, you will engage in a relationship-based care model, building relationships with patients, their families, and your peers, guided by our values of love and excellence.

Unit

6B is a 40-bed medical inpatient unit that provides acute medical care on a 24-hour basis.  6B is designed to accommodate 40 patients who need acute and/or chronic medical services.  The scope of services on 6B encompasses a variety of diagnoses/testing including, but not limited to pneumonia, syncope, diabetes management, chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD), and altered mental status. The patient population cared for in this area includes adults 18 years of age and up. The conditions of patients cared for on the unit can be described as good to fair. The patients are received/transferred/admitted from the emergency department, ICU, step-down, home, and doctors’ offices.

About Us

ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic healthcare organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible, and lowering healthcare costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,299 beds), a free-standing emergency department, a Level I trauma center, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health.

Our mission as an organization is to serve our neighbors as expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. This is our promise to you. As a nonprofit health system, our mission is one of service. We believe that the key to providing great health care is to partner with our patients and their families, building a system of care that is effective, affordable, and valuable to everyone who is touched by it.

ChristianaCare Offers:

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

Education & Experience:

• RN License in Delaware or Compact State
• BSN preferred or committed to acquiring BSN within 3 years of the hire date.
• At least one year of med/surg experience as an RN is required.
• BLS required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Ability to stand, walk, sit, bend, lift, push, pull, carry, reach, twist, handle, stoop, bend, climb as per practice area-based Physical Demands Checklist.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Frequent exposure to biological elements with occasional exposure to chemical and environmental elements as per practice area-based Physical Demands Checklist.