NP/PA, Cardiovascular Surgery Critical Care
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Location: Newark, DE 19702
Description:
Job Details
ChristianaCare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to work in the Cardiac Surgery Professional Services. This is a full-time position that promotes a work/life balance. Position consists of covering cardiac surgery ICU with rotating days, nights, and on weekends as needed consisting of six 12 hr shifts and one 8 hr shift. Responsibilities and duties for the cardiac surgery patient include: consultations, pre-operative assessments, post-op critical care, daily progress notes, occasional admissions and discharges, removal of chest tubes/pacing wires/IABPs, and placement of central lines and arterial lines. Our ChristianaCare Cardiac Surgery program performs multiple procedures including CABG, Valve, Complex Aortic Surgeries, TAVR, Endografts, LVAD, and ECMOs.
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:
Board certified Physician Assistant or Master's degree as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
One year of cardiac surgery experience preferred
Licensure or license eligible in the state of Delaware
Prescriptive authority required
Apply for and receive DEA number to prescribe controlled substances
ACLS required
Post End Date
Nov 22, 2025
EEO Posting Statement
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.
ChristianaCare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to work in the Cardiac Surgery Professional Services. This is a full-time position that promotes a work/life balance. Position consists of covering cardiac surgery ICU with rotating days, nights, and on weekends as needed consisting of six 12 hr shifts and one 8 hr shift. Responsibilities and duties for the cardiac surgery patient include: consultations, pre-operative assessments, post-op critical care, daily progress notes, occasional admissions and discharges, removal of chest tubes/pacing wires/IABPs, and placement of central lines and arterial lines. Our ChristianaCare Cardiac Surgery program performs multiple procedures including CABG, Valve, Complex Aortic Surgeries, TAVR, Endografts, LVAD, and ECMOs.
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:
Board certified Physician Assistant or Master's degree as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
One year of cardiac surgery experience preferred
Licensure or license eligible in the state of Delaware
Prescriptive authority required
Apply for and receive DEA number to prescribe controlled substances
ACLS required
Post End Date
Nov 22, 2025
EEO Posting Statement
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.