Private Duty Nurse

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! Please see our video! By clicking this link, you will get a glimpse of what it means to work at ChristianaCare HomeHealth: .

ChristianaCare HomeHealth Private Duty Nurses serve pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients throughout the state of DE. Areas of Delaware include Camden, Georgetown, Newark and Wilmington. 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

Tracheostomy and ventilator experience preferred

ChristianaCare HomeHealth offers:

• Flexible Schedule (Per Diem role)
• iPad and documentation system training
• Tracheostomy, ventilator, and pediatric training
• Professional development
• Paid time off for part time staff

This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.

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.

These are flat rate positions; any individual hired into these positions will be paid between $23.91 to $27.96 per hour plus any applicable differentials for working 20 or 30 hours per week.

This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.

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.