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Registered Nurse (RN) - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Full Time - 72 hours/pay
Night shift (7PM - 7AM)
Weekend & Holiday commitment
Newark, DE
ChristianaCare is seeking a RN for our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at our Women's & Children's Building on our Newark Campus. Our unit has 84 NICU beds and 6 Post-Partum beds. You will gain extensive experience with our youngest population from 22 weeks gestation and up where you have the opportunity working with different diagnoses and we also have an in-house NICU transport team. Our NICU is a Level lll meaning we do everything except surgery and ecmo in our unit.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- BSN required or commitment to obtaining BSN within three years of date of hire
- Two years of NICU RN experience required
- Previous Women's & Children's RN experience required
- Delaware RN licensure or eligibility for licensure in the state of Delaware
- BLS certification required
- NRP certification required
ChristianaCare Offers:
- Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
- Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions
- Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out
- 12 week paid parental leave
- Tuition assistance
- Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting
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
Feb 13, 2026EEO 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 Registered Nurse will provide care for patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, working with infants from 22 weeks gestation and managing various diagnoses. The role includes collaboration with an in-house NICU transport team.
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