LPN / LVN - Home Health Private Duty - $22-33 per hour at ChristianaCare
Wilmington, DE 19894
About the Job
ChristianaCare is seeking a LPN / LVN Home Health Private Duty for a job in Wilmington, Delaware.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Private Duty
- Discipline: LPN / LVN
- Duration: Ongoing
- Employment Type: Staff
About ChristianaCare:
ChristianaCare is the one of the Mid Atlantic's largest academic health care providers and consists of 3 campuses: Wilmington, Newark and Union at Cecil County. Through our values of love and excellence, ChristianaCare is consistently identified as a regional center of excellence for cardiology, cancer and women's health services and ranked by US News & World as Best Hospital.
ChristianaCare Private Duty serves patients throughout the state of Delaware, and has needs on specific cases for which we are recruiting, including a 10p-6a shift and a 9p-5a shift, as well as some day shift hours. These patients require gastric tube feedings for nutrition, and possess other medical conditions that require constant monitoring. If serving these patients would be meaningful to you and your clinical development, please apply. Please see our video, by clicking this link, for a glimpse of what it means to work at the VNA:
This is a benefits eligible position with a $2,500.00 sign on bonus for an 18-month commitment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide overnight care while parents and caregivers sleep, ensuring the patient’s safety and comfort.
- Administer medications and other prescribed treatments as ordered.
- Coordinate care with the family, the patient’s physician and other healthcare professionals.
- Creates positive relationships by serving in a compassionate, responsive and courteous manner.
- Works Overnight and Weekends.
Requirements:
- Delaware LPN or RN or license with one year experience working in a healthcare setting preferred.
- Associates degree or completed an accredited LPN education program.
- Work experience in an acute or chronic care facility, or home health agency is preferred.
- Previous Home Healthcare and Long Term Care experience preferred.
- Must be able to attend a two-week daytime orientation in our Camden office, followed by patient-specific field orientation on night shift. Also requires a mandatory weekend per month. There is some flexibility in the orientation schedule that can be discussed.
- Tracheostomy and ventilator experience a plus!
ChristianaCare Job ID #JR69799. Posted job title: Lpn | Part-Time | Homehealth - Private Duty Nurse/ $2,500.00 Sign On
About ChristianaCare
Delivering health, not just healthcare, is our promise to our community. Which means you can be part of an organization that makes a difference in a big way by impacting the lives of other caregivers and people who live in the places we serve.
From our clinical providers to our logistical support team, everyone here delivers care to our community through their roles. We are an organization that puts patients first. Our delivery of care and commitment to being excellent today—and even better tomorrow—make us who we are: caregivers who deliver more than healthcare. We invite you to join us in our quest for excellence.
Benefits
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- Continuing Education
- 403b retirement plan
- Pet insurance
- Cancelation protection
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Mileage reimbursement
- Employee assistance programs
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Benefits start day 1
- License and certification reimbursement
- Life insurance
- Discount program
- Sign-On bonus