About this role
Job Details
Are you a NP or PA that is ready to take on a challenge and join a new and innovative team? ChristianaCare is looking for an energetic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our General Surgery Team on our Cecil Campus in Elkton, MD. Elkton is a prominent historical town located near the Chesapeake Bay in Cecil County, Maryland. The town is conveniently located 53 miles from Baltimore, 55 miles from Philadelphia, and 8 miles from Newark, Delaware. This position offers an opportunity to work at the top of your license serving in a first responder role as well as first assisting in the operating room for acute general surgical patients in a team based approach . The selected candidate will provide services in operative and non-operative patient care for surgical patients across the spectrum of care in collaboration with surgical attending physicians.
Why ChristianaCare?
Generous Continuing Education Time and Allowance
Substantial PTO plus 12-Week Fully Paid Parental Leave
Opportunities for Career Growth
403(b) and Defined Contribution Plan Retirement Options with Employer Match
Annual Quality Incentive Bonus
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Completion of a master’s degree program as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or completion of a Physician Assistant program.
RNFA certification preferred
Surgical or inpatient experience preferred.
License or license eligible in the states of Maryland and Delaware
ACLS required
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
Jan 26, 2027EEO 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/
Other facts
About ChristianaCare
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs.
ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,336 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute.
ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work, rated by Forbes as the 2nd best health system for diversity and inclusion, and the 29th best health system to work for in the United States, and by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is rated by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and continually ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and other national quality ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.
What you'll do
- The selected candidate will provide operative and non-operative patient care for surgical patients in collaboration with surgical attending physicians. This role includes serving in a first responder capacity and first assisting in the operating room.
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