Private Duty Nurses (RN and LPN) | Home Health | Nights
ChristianaCare Health System
Application
Details
Posted: 09-Sep-23
Location: Camden, Delaware
Salary: Open
Categories:
General Nursing
Internal Number: JR66570
Are you a compassionate nurse who loves the idea of working one on one with your patient in the home health setting? If so, Private Duty Nursing might be a good fit for you!
ChristianaCare HomeHealth Private Duty Nurses serve pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients throughout the state of DE. Our highly trained staff assists with a wide range of medical care including administering medications, gastric tube feedings, tracheostomy maintenance, ventilator support and much more.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Deliver expert care to medically fragile pediatric and/ or adult patients.
Coordinate care with families, their loved one's doctors, and other health care providers.
Build positive relationships by serving in a compassionate, responsive and courteous manner.
Work a minimum of two weekend shifts per month
Administer medications and prescribed treatments as ordered
Requirements:
DE LPN or RN or license with one year experience working in a healthcare setting preferred.
Must be able to attend a two-week daytime orientation in our Camden office, followed by patient field orientation
Previous home health and/or Long Term Care experience a plus
ChristianaCare Health System is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware and is one of the country's largest health care providers, ranking 21st in the nation for hospital admissions. Christiana Care is proudly a Nurse Magnet recognized institution. Christiana Care Health System is also one of the largest health care providers in the mid-Atlantic region, serving all of Delaware and portions of seven counties bordering the state in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey. A not-for-profit, non-sectarian health system, Christiana Care includes two hospitals with more than 1,100 patient beds, and is a major teaching hospital with two campuses. Christiana Care is continually recognized for excellence on a regional and national level. Our role in the community is expressed in the Christiana Care Way: "We serve our neighbors as respectful, expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value."Christiana Care is a great place to work because we value diversity and recognize it to be a core part of our success. Because of the diversity of our employees, affiliated health professionals and volunteers, we are ...positioned to meet the unique needs of our patients and community. We acknowledge and celebrate the uniqueness and talent of each employee. Because of our talented workforce we are able to provide a quality healthcare experience to our patients and community. We strive to create an inclusive environment in which individual diversity can be leveraged and thrive. 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.