Neurocritical Care Advanced Practice Nurse Positions Christiana Care Health System – Christiana Hospital

Christiana Hospital is recruiting for a Neurocritical Care Advanced Practice Nurse. The selected candidate is expected to work as an independent advanced practice nurse in collaboration with the medical care team to perform direct medical management through utilization of approved protocols and procedures as well as appropriate medical consultation for neurocritical care patients. In addition to day, evening, and midnight shifts, there are weekend and holiday coverage obligations. This position requires a Masters degree in nursing with eligibility for APN licensure in Delaware as a Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist. The candidate must have or be eligible to obtain prescriptive authority. At least 3 years experience as an RN in adult and/or pediatric neurosurgical/neurocritical care/trauma/surgical critical care or emergency nursing is required; critical care experience preferred.

Benefits include internal and external educational opportunities, teaching and mentoring opportunities, reimbursement for nursing certification and reimbursement for controlled substance licensure.

Christiana Care Health System is a private, not-for-profit, tertiary-care hospital system located in Newark, DE. One of the largest hospital systems in the mid- Atlantic region and a Level I trauma center, Christiana Care serves more than 600,00 patients annually, admits more than 55,000 patients annually and is the site of more than 42,000 surgeries, 7,100 births and 160,000 emergency- department visits each year. Christiana Care Health System is a Magnet® hospital for excellence in nursing awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). www.christianacare.org

Christiana Hospital is located just off of I-95 with easy access to restaurants, the city of Wilmington, Philadelphia, New York, Maryland, tax-free shopping and beach resort areas in Southern Delaware.

Please submit your resume to [email protected] or call 302-733- 1191 to speak with the recruiter.