Job Description
This position is FULL-TIME, 8A-8P, with bi-weekly hours of 72 hours.
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The pediatric Emergency Department (ED) at Nemours is a 44 bed Department, fully equipped to handle any kind of pediatric emergency in patients from birth to age 18.
Essential Job Functions:
• A registered nurse responsible and accountable for assessing, planning, and providing care to assigned patients
• Utilizes critical thinking to formulate nursing plan based on patient's complex needs and problems.
• Formulates, implements and evaluates nursing plan based on patient complex needs and problems.
• Assists patient and family in discharge planning so that problems and care needs are anticipated and met.
• Serves as an advocate for patient and family in working with other members of the health care team.
• Provides safe and appropriate nursing care through adherence to Nursing Department standards.
Requirements:
• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• BSN Preferred
• Must have 2-3 years of previous nursing experience
• Pediatric ED and Pediatric preference preferred
• Must be eligible for Delaware State license (or compact license)
• Bilingual Preferred
• American Heart Association BLS Required upon hire
As one of the nation's leading pediatric healthcare systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 280,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nemours strives to ensure a healthier tomorrow for all children - even those who may never enter our doors - through our world-changing research, education and advocacy efforts. At Nemours, our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own.
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Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.
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About Nemours
Nemours is a nonprofit children's health organization dedicated to improving the health of children in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida. With family-centered care provided in children's hospitals and clinics, along with groundbreaking research, education, and advocacy efforts, Nemours strives to create a healthier future for all children. Founded over 80 years ago by Alfred I. duPont, Nemours cares for 250,000 children annually while also advocating for children nationally and internationally. They lead in prevention, intervention, education, and research to address childhood conditions and disabilities. With hospitals in Wilmington and Orlando, clinics in Jacksonville and Pensacola, and primary and specialty care services in multiple states, Nemours is expanding its footprint to better serve children and families with 1.1 million square feet dedicated to children's healthcare.



