Nursing Jobs in Townsend, DE
$91,458 - $141,752 / year
If you care about the opportunity to grow, to make a difference, to build a future and a life, then we just might have the career for you. Care to talk? Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, as well as stand-alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid Emergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton. We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore. Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand! Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including: Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision Disability and Life Insurance options On Site Child Care Educational Reimbursement Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more! Location: Kent Campus Hospital Status: Full Time 80 Hours Shift: Variable SALARY RANGE: 91,457.60 - 141,752.00 YEARLY General Summary: The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is a supervisor-level position that serves as a frontline nursing leader, supporting the operational, clinical, and people-focused functions of the nursing unit. Working in partnership with the Nurse Manager, the ANM helps ensure safe, high-quality patient care, staff engagement, efficient daily operations, and achievement of organizational goals. The ANM provides supervisory oversight for daily unit activities, including staffing coordination, patient flow, quality and safety initiatives, regulatory compliance, and team development. This role serves as a resource and mentor for nursing staff, promotes collaboration across interdisciplinary teams, and assists with coaching, performance management, and professional development. The Assistant Nurse Manager plays a key role in supporting a positive work environment, improving patient outcomes, enhancing employee engagement, and advancing strategic initiatives within the organization. The position helps maintain continuity of leadership presence on the unit while fostering accountability, communication, and operational excellence. Responsibilities: Places the care of the patient and their family as the priority. Rounds on patients daily to ensure they are receiving the required care. Collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure the patient's plan of care is appropriate based on the patient's needs. Promotes and participates in staff learning and development. In collaboration with unit leadership, NPD, and staff, promote staff learning, competence, and collegial relationships to strengthen patient outcomes. Recognizes and identifies patient and departmental needs and initiates appropriate action to support delivery of care. Communicates and supports changes in policy and procedures, and provides new information to staff, effectively addressing concerns. Acts as a role model by maintaining clinical and leadership expertise through current practice and participation in learning opportunities. Proactively coaches for performance improvement and achievement of unit/department goals. Demonstrates active, productive participation in or leadership of unit/department-based or hospital-wide teams to represent nursing and improve patient outcomes. Serves as an approachable role model and mentor to the staff. Manages the nursing unit activities and executes facilitator responsibilities efficiently to ensure optimal patient care. Assists in the scheduling and monitoring of staff educational programming. Assists in staff performance development and evaluation processes, delivering recognition and reinforcement in a timely fashion, and assures accountability for professional nursing practice. Promotes positive, open communication among all members of the healthcare team as well as patients, families, and visitors. Promote self-care strategies. Participates in ensuring documentation meets standards according to hospital policy and that quality measures are maintained. Identifies safety and risk issues within the environment and works to correct them. Responsible for assisting the Nurse Manager in assuring appropriate staffing to meet patient care needs of the unit/department. Collaborate with the team to ensure appropriate, balanced staffing to meet patient care needs 24/7. Collaborate with the Nurse Manager to monitor staffing effectiveness and the utilization of materials and resources. Assists the Nurse Manager in monitoring payroll and staffing time utilization. All other duties as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities. Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience: Education: Bachelor Degree Nursing Credential(s): Registered Nurse; Basic Life Support Experience: Required: Three (3) years of clinical nursing experience. Preferred: Previous leadership experience. Preferred Education, Credential(s) and Experience: Education: Credential(s): Nurse Executive - Board Certified Experience: To view a full list of all open position at Bayhealth, please visit: https://apply.bayhealth.org/join/ 
$143,894 - $223,038 / year
If you care about the opportunity to grow, to make a difference, to build a future and a life, then we just might have the career for you. Care to talk? Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, as well as stand-alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid Emergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton. We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore. Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand! Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including: Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision Disability and Life Insurance options On Site Child Care Educational Reimbursement Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more! Location: Heart and Vascular Institute Status: Full Time 80 Hours Shift: Days SALARY RANGE: 143,894.40 - 223,038.40YEARLY General Summary: Works independently and with autonomous collaboration with physician to provide complete physical examinations, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and episodic disorders. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. The Nurse Practitioner works within a collaborative model to provide quality care and to improve patient outcomes by strengthening continuity of care in all settings for patients, families, and staff in both the hospital and physician practice settings. When department/case applicable, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) remains responsible for the patient throughout the course of the treatment, provides the physical examination, the diagnosis, and the health care plan, determines when the patient has recovered, and releases the patient. The NP may refer the patient to physicians for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment but retains responsibility for clinical management as well as any subsequent medication. In addition to job description requirements, incumbents must also meet minimum criteria for medical staff privileges. Responsibilities: Appropriately prescribes pharmaceuticals according to age, chronic medical conditions, allergies, drug interactions, and duration of therapy. Perform routine and specialty physical exams and document specific age-related preventative health screening. Educates and counsels patients to promote wellness. Addresses and provides resources for health risk behaviors. Interprets diagnostic tests for patient and provides appropriate referrals or consultations. Performs technical and surgical procedures for patients as necessary. Appropriately dispenses pharmaceuticals according to age, chronic medical conditions, allergies, drug interactions, and duration of therapy. Completes patient discharge planning and education; writes appropriate orders and prescriptions. Performs patient education and counseling to promote wellness. Evaluates patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes. Evaluates effectiveness of interventions in relation to outcomes. Documents patient’s response to interventions. Upholds the professional code of ethics. Keeps all licenses/certifications up to date (including ACLS and PALS, if applicable). Provide agreed upon coverage to care for patients in the appropriate settings (ex. ambulatory office and/or hospital) during business hours and evening/weekends, as mutually agreed upon and per medical staff bylaws. All other duties and special projects as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience: Education: Master Degree Nurse Practitioner Credential(s): Basic Life Support Registered Nurse Nurse Practitioner NP - CSR (if Required By Defined Job Duties) Experience: Required: No experience necessary. Preferred: Three (3) years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner in specific area of practice. Preferred Education, Credential(s) and Experience: Education: Credential(s): Experience: To view a full list of all open position at Bayhealth, please visit: https://apply.bayhealth.org/join/ 
$100,152 - $160,243.20 / year
Job Details Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) – Emergency Department Are you ready to lead transformational change in emergency care? ChristianaCare is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our dynamic Emergency Services team at Christiana Hospital and our Middletown Emergency Department. This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact on patient outcomes and nursing practice. ChristianaCare’s Emergency Departments offer a unique opportunity to practice across a high-performing, nationally recognized health system that combines the intensity of a major academic medical center with the accessibility of a community-based setting. Christiana Hospital is home to one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the nation, caring for more than 200,000 patients annually. As Delaware’s only Level I Trauma Center, it delivers the highest level of emergency and trauma care, supporting a broad range of complex and high-acuity patients in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary, academic environment. With a strong focus on evidence-based practice, innovation, and care delivery transformation, Christiana Hospital provides an exceptional setting for clinical leaders to drive quality and influence outcomes at scale. Complementing this is the Middletown Emergency Department, a dynamic, community-based site serving a rapidly growing population. This location provides high-quality, patient-centered emergency care in a collaborative, team-oriented environment with a strong emphasis on efficiency, safety, and patient experience. Fully integrated with Christiana Hospital, the Middletown ED offers seamless access to advanced specialty care and transfer capabilities while maintaining a close-knit team culture. Across both settings, ChristianaCare fosters a culture of clinical excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation—offering Clinical Nurse Specialists the opportunity to influence practice, lead quality initiatives, and enhance patient outcomes across diverse emergency care environments. PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Acts as transformational leader, catalyzing and facilitating change toward higher levels of professionalism and competency. Provides advanced clinical consultation and serves as a resource for patients, families, and staff in specialty areas. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and promote structural empowerment. Leads and disseminates research and quality improvement initiatives, supporting new knowledge, innovations, and clinical improvements. Models exemplary professional practice through direct patient care, mentorship, and staff development. Evaluates and reports empirical outcomes, using data to drive practice improvements. Ensures care delivery is evidence-based and consistent with the relationship-based care model. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Clinical Nurse Specialist license in Delaware OR Maryland with willingness to obtain in both states. Master’s degree in nursing with completion of a CNS program. National CNS certification required ANCC CNS-BC. Minimum five years of relevant clinical and leadership experience. Current Registered Nurse License in Delaware. Current Clinical Nurse Specialist license in the state of DE. Current BLS certification required. Nurse Executive Board Certification preferred. Schedule: This position is an exempt position with typically a Monday - Friday day shift schedule, requiring flexibility to meet the needs of the department. What we Offer: · Robust medical, dental and eyecare benefits, effective Day One! · 403b with defined contribution. · Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out. · 12 week paid parental leave. ChristianaCare fully absorbs cost of Delaware PMFL. · Incredible work/life benefits including membership to care.com, access to back up care services for dependents, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows and sporting events. Annual Compensation Range $100,152.00 - $160,243.20 This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Post End Date Sep 1, 2026 EEO Posting Statement ChristianaCare offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, an employee assistance program. To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions visit https://careers.christianacare.org/benefits-compensation/ 