Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Inpatient Cardiac Center

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Inpatient Cardiac Center

Offering recently increased compensation, $30,000 Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Bonus.

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, performing research and training healthcare professionals.

This individual will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers, dedicating their practice to cardiac patients located in the cardiac intensive care unit, telemetry floor, or post‑anesthesia cardiac unit (PACU). They will also be involved with cardiac newborns delivered in our advanced delivery unit.

Our patient population ranges from newborns to young adults with congenital or acquired heart disease. Surgeons perform complex cardiac repairs, including neonatal, adult congenital and heart transplantation, utilizing mechanical support such as VADs, ECMO, and ECLS.

This position includes night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

• Obtain medical histories, perform physical exams, order and interpret laboratory data, and prescribe management and medications for 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 at departmental patient‑care conferences and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Interact with families of our patients, embracing a family‑centered focus.

• 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.

• APRN:
  Compact State RN license, DE APRN License, Delaware CSR, Delaware DEA;
  Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification; AHA BLS and ACLS Certification upon hire.
• PA-C:
  Current DE State Licensure, Delaware CSR, Delaware DEA, National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, AHA BLS and ACLS certification upon hire.