Full-time - Day shift - Monday-Friday but will require flexibility to work the Mid shifts and take Open Heart Call, as required. Rotating start times 0630/0730, 10 hour shifts.
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Incredible Work/Life benefits include an 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 excellent discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more! We also provide tuition assistance for degreed programs, and for some Nursing programs, we offer to pre-pay. Our medical/dental/vision benefits are available to our caregivers on their first day of employment! And we offer two different mechanisms for planning for your retirement, a 403(b) and a defined contribution plan.
We are currently recruiting for a full-time experienced Registered Nurse to work in our Operating Room on the Open Heart Team at Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE. The selected RN will be an upbeat Operating Room Registered Nurse with Open Heart experience who wants to be a part of a growing operating room team passionate about providing excellent clinical outcomes through caring service to our patients and their families. This position shift is predominately a Day shift and Monday-Friday but will require flexibility to work the Mid shifts and take Open Heart Call, as required.
Our Cardiac Program:
Cardiac Surgery
The cardiovascular surgeons at the Center for Heart & Vascular Health at Christiana Hospital are among the most experienced open-heart surgery teams in the mid-Atlantic today. We provide a complete range of sophisticated cardiothoracic surgical services for the treatment of:
Atherosclerosis (blocked arteries).
Coronary artery disease treatment.
Valves requiring repair and replacement.
Congestive heart failure.
Arrhythmias (irregular or skipped heartbeats).
Congenital heart ailments (those present from birth).
Each year, our expert cardiac surgery team performs almost 600 open-heart surgeries at the Center for Heart & Vascular Health, and we are setting ourselves up to increase our total cases in the year 2023.
We manage 3 OR suites for our cardiac program daily and support our interventional partners with hybrid cases when needed. With a team of 5 surgeons, private PA support, scrub technologists, and circulating nurses, we care for many patients needing cases from a basic CABG (CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT), Valve Replacement and Repair, and TEVAR (Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair), to an all-night dissection.
Requirements:BSN preferred or Commitment to obtaining within three years of date of hire can be considered with relevant experience.
Current RN licensure required
3 years or more Operating Room experience required
2-3 years of Open Heart Team experience preferred
The successful and CVOR experienced candidate may be eligible for a $50,000 sign-on bonus to be paid over a period of 24 months
Post End DateMay 31, 2025EEO Posting StatementChristiana 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.