LPN - Private Duty Nurse | Per Diem per

About Christiana Care

Christiana Care is one of the Mid Atlantic's largest academic health care providers and consists of three campuses:
Wilmington, Newark and Union at Cecil County. Through our values of love and excellence, Christiana Care is consistently identified as a regional center of excellence for cardiology, cancer and women's health services and is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Hospital.

Christiana Care Home Health is seeking per diem LPNs to work in Newark, Wilmington or Kent/Sussex Delaware within our Private Duty Nursing department. This exciting position offers schedule flexibility.

If you are an LPN that is compassionate about nursing, Christiana Care Home Health is the place for you. Whether families need help during the day or night, this expert care is available for medically fragile children and complex adults. Our highly skilled staff can assist with many different facets of medical care, including tracheostomy maintenance, ventilator support, gastric tube feedings, giving medications and much more.

We work with families and their loved one’s doctor and other health care providers to create a care plan that will meet their needs. Please see our video for a glimpse of what it means to work in home care.

• Provide overnight care while parents and caregivers sleep, ensuring the patient’s safety and comfort.
• Administer medications and other prescribed treatments as ordered.
• Coordinate care with the family, the patient’s physician and other healthcare professionals.
• Create positive relationships by serving in a compassionate, responsive and courteous manner.
• Work overnight and weekends.

• Delaware LPN license with one year experience working in a healthcare setting preferred.
• Associate's degree or completed an accredited LPN education program.
• Work experience in an acute or chronic care facility, or home health agency is preferred.
• Previous Home Healthcare and Long Term Care experience preferred.
• Must be able to attend a two-week daytime orientation in our Camden office, followed by patient-specific field orientation on night shift. Also requires a mandatory weekend per month. There is some flexibility in the orientation schedule that can be discussed.
• Tracheostomy and ventilator experience a plus!