Are you a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner that is looking to be a part of an award-winning inpatient team? ChristianaCare is recruiting for a PA or NP to work on our surgical sub-specialty unit at ChristianaCare Wilmington Hospital. This position will have a primary focus on the perioperative management and care coordination for orthopedic joint replacement patients, bariatric surgery, short stay elective surgery and other specialties as assigned. This is a full-time day Monday - Friday position with possible weekend rotation.
The selected NP or PA for this position will collaborate with the Center for Surgical Optimization (CSO), the ChristianaCare Advanced Joint Replacement Program and the multispecialty team on 7S and the orthopedic surgeons and other surgical specialty teams to promote high-quality outcomes for hospitalized patients. The NP or PA will have an active role in quality-based efforts to prevent complications, emergency department visits, surgical site infections, and readmissions after discharge.
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
· Licensed or eligible for Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license in the state of Delaware
· Acute Care NP license required
· Prescriptive Authority or eligibility for the state of Delaware
· DEA registration required
· ACLS required
· Experience as a NP or PA preferred
Annual Compensation Range $119,583.00 - $153,472.00
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.
Sep 18, 2027
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/
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.
