Registered Nurse-ED (DAYS)

Nemours Children's Health Wilmington, DE, US

Job Description

We are seeking a FULL-TIME Emergency Room RN in Wilmington, DE!! Nemours Children's Health 2025 LANTERN AWARD RECIPIENT!!

This position is FULL-TIME, 8A-8P, with bi-weekly hours of 60hours, including every 3rd weekend and holiday rotation.

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
ED 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.

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org .

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