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The Nemours Cardiac Center of the Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware is looking for a qualified Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Inpatient Cardiac Center!

The Nemours Cardiac Center (NCC) provides comprehensive care for infants, children, and adolescents with cardiac, thoracic, and vascular disease. The Cardiac Center provides patient care, performs research, educates and trains health care professionals in a variety of settings.

This individual will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, dedicating his/her specialized practice to cardiac patients located in either the cardiac intensive care unit, on our telemetry floor or in our post anesthesia cardiac unit (cardiac PACU). The APRN or PA will also be involved with cardiac babies delivered on site in our advanced delivery unit.

Our patient population ranges from newborns to young adults with congenital or acquired heart disease. Our surgeons perform all of the complex cardiac repairs, including definitive neonatal surgery, adult congenital surgery, and heart transplantation. They utilize all forms of mechanical support (VAD's, ECMO, ECLS) as an adjunct to our very active heart failure and pulmonary hypertension service.

This position will include working some night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Obtain medical histories, perform physical exams, order and interpret laboratory data, and prescribe management and medications on patients admitted to our inpatient service.
• Present patients on rounds, write daily progress notes, collate inpatient records, and complete discharge summaries using the electronic medical record.
• Assist in the preoperative and postoperative care of surgical patients.
• Provide continuity of care when coordinating care with other members of the health care team.
• Attend and present departmental patient care conferences and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Interact with families of our patients, embracing a family centered focus.

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What we Offer

• Recently increased compensation and generous sign on bonus!
• Extensive benefits package that includes quality-based bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• CME and board maintenance allowances
• Retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan
• Educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, and professional membership dues allowance

Qualifications

APRN: Current unrestricted Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification via National Certification Center; PALS and ACLS upon hire

DE RN (or compact state), DE APRN, DE CSR, DE DEA

PA-C: Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, PALS and ACLS upon hire

DE license, DE CSR, DE DEA

One to three years of experience

Apply online today!