Registered Nurse (RN) - CVICU
ChristianaCare
Newark, DE

Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiovascular ICU

Full Time Flex - 72 hours/pay

Day/Midnight -or- Night shifts (Hours: 7a-7p / 7p-7a -OR- 7p-7a)

Holiday & Weekend 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 ICU 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.

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!

Education and Experience Requirements:

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