Registered Nurse, CICU

Nemours Children's Health

Wilmington, Delaware

Nemours Children's Health is a specialty hospital.

Posted Jul 14

Shift and hours: Nights36 hours a week
Unit and setting: CICU · Hospital
License: RN license

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Paid Time Off: Six paid holidays annually and one day of paid volunteer time off
Paid Parental Leave: Six weeks of paid leave for new parents at 100% pay
Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,250 for approved courses
Retirement Savings Plan: 403(b) plan with immediate participation and matching contributions; 457(b) program for highly compensated associates
Insurance: Basic Life and AD&D Insurance equal to one-time annual salary, up to $500,000
Disability Coverage: Short- and long-term disability coverage at 60% of salary for non-work-related disabilities

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Nemours Children's Health

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Nemours Children's Health is one of the largest integrated pediatric health systems in the United States, distinguished as the only children's health system in the country with two freestanding children's hospitals — one in Wilmington, Delaware and one in Florida.…

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Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Registered Nurse- CICU to join our team in Wilmington, DE. This is a 36-hr/wk, 7p-730a position. The Nemours Children's Cardiac Center provides comprehensive care for infants, children, and adolescents with cardiac, thoracic and vascular disease.

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In Wilmington, DE

Wilmington, DEFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent: $1,224/mo
Household income: $58,671/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Wilmington, DE

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals who want city life typically land in Trolley Square (Victorian rowhouses, walkable bars and dining), Little Italy, Cool Spring, and Hilltop, or in Downtown mid- and high-rise apartments and office conversions along Market Street and Delaware Avenue. The Highlands is the premium old-house district—grand stone homes, park views, and museum culture up by Rockford Park—while Trinity Vicinity has historic brick rowhouses and riverside parks, and the 9th Ward Area is the Craftsman-house, tree-lined-boulevard buy. North of the city, Bellefonte and Claymont are the usual recommendations, with Pike Creek and North Wilmington the suburban family band around a $350k budget; Governors House is a budget-friendly condo community with U.S. 13 and I-495 access. Columbia Place is a newer active-adult community with clubhouse, fitness center, and walking paths, Westhampton appears on local best-of lists, and Newark and historic New Castle are the nearby-town alternatives.

Nurses and young professionals who want city life typically land in Trolley Square (Victorian rowhouses, walkable bars and dining), Little Italy, Cool Spring, and Hilltop, or in Downtown mid- and high-rise apartments and office conversions along Market Street and Delaware Avenue. The Highlands is the premium old-house district—grand stone homes, park views, and museum culture up by Rockford Park—while Trinity Vicinity has historic brick rowhouses and riverside parks, and the 9th Ward Area is the Craftsman-house, tree-lined-boulevard buy.

North of the city, Bellefonte and Claymont are the usual recommendations, with Pike Creek and North Wilmington the suburban family band around a $350k budget; Governors House is a budget-friendly condo community with U.S. 13 and I-495 access. Columbia Place is a newer active-adult community with clubhouse, fitness center, and walking paths, Westhampton appears on local best-of lists, and Newark and historic New Castle are the nearby-town alternatives.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: theoldfathergroup.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: trulia.com

Getting aroundWilmington sits on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor; Downtown residents can walk to the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station for Amtrak and SEPTA Regional Rail to Philadelphia in about 30 minutes, and DART First State buses converge on Rodney Square, so a car-free downtown life is possible. I-95 cuts through the middle of the city, U.S. 13 and I-495 serve the eastern condo side, and the average commute is about 19.9 minutes, but DART and SEPTA coverage and frequency drop outside peak hours, so most people still keep a car. Downtown street parking is metered and tight; a garage is the practical default. Philadelphia is about 30 minutes by train or car, Baltimore about an hour by car (about 1.5 hours by train), Washington, D.C. about two hours, New York about 1.5 hours by train, and the Delaware beaches about an hour 20 minutes south on Route 1.

Wilmington sits on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor; Downtown residents can walk to the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station for Amtrak and SEPTA Regional Rail to Philadelphia in about 30 minutes, and DART First State buses converge on Rodney Square, so a car-free downtown life is possible. I-95 cuts through the middle of the city, U.S. 13 and I-495 serve the eastern condo side, and the average commute is about 19.9 minutes, but DART and SEPTA coverage and frequency drop outside peak hours, so most people still keep a car.

Downtown street parking is metered and tight; a garage is the practical default. Philadelphia is about 30 minutes by train or car, Baltimore about an hour by car (about 1.5 hours by train), Washington, D.C. about two hours, New York about 1.5 hours by train, and the Delaware beaches about an hour 20 minutes south on Route 1.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: theoldfathergroup.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: realestate.usnews.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: apartmentguide.com

OutdoorsBrandywine Park is Delaware’s largest urban park at 178 acres, on the National Historic Register since 1976, with wooded trails, formal gardens, sculptures, a sports stadium, and Brandywine Zoo in the heart of the city. Rockford Park has a 100-year-old stone tower, tennis, and wooded paths; Alapocas Run State Park has mature woodlands, blue granite cliffs, and Blue Ball Barn; Bellevue State Park has a DuPont mansion, fishing pond, and trails; Brandywine Creek State Park has miles of hiking and fishing. The Riverfront’s two-mile riverwalk along the Christina River leads to the DuPont Environmental Education Center’s freshwater tidal marsh; the city lists more than 70 parks, plus the accessible Can-Do Playground. Delaware beaches are about an hour 20 minutes to an hour and a half south.

Brandywine Park is Delaware’s largest urban park at 178 acres, on the National Historic Register since 1976, with wooded trails, formal gardens, sculptures, a sports stadium, and Brandywine Zoo in the heart of the city. Rockford Park has a 100-year-old stone tower, tennis, and wooded paths; Alapocas Run State Park has mature woodlands, blue granite cliffs, and Blue Ball Barn; Bellevue State Park has a DuPont mansion, fishing pond, and trails; Brandywine Creek State Park has miles of hiking and fishing.

The Riverfront’s two-mile riverwalk along the Christina River leads to the DuPont Environmental Education Center’s freshwater tidal marsh; the city lists more than 70 parks, plus the accessible Can-Do Playground. Delaware beaches are about an hour 20 minutes to an hour and a half south.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: visitwilmingtonde.com Source 2: koa.com Source 3: choosewilmingtonde.org Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: apartmentguide.com

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Wilmington sits where the Christina meets the Brandywine: a compact banking city on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor, about 30 minutes from Philadelphia, with no sales tax and median home values around $260,000. That is the real draw—East Coast access without East Coast housing. Walkable nights mean Trolley Square’s Victorian rowhouses and bars, or a downtown conversion near the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station, the Grand Opera House, and tables at Bardea, Deco, or Le Cavalier in the Hotel du Pont; after 5 p.m. the office sidewalks empty. Buying usually means The Highlands’ stone houses, Rockford Park, 9th Ward Craftsman streets, or suburban Claymont, Bellefonte, and Pike Creek. Days off run to Brandywine Park’s 178 acres and zoo, the two-mile Christina riverwalk, Alapocas Run’s granite cliffs, and free Clifford Brown Jazz Festival nights at Rodney Square; beaches sit about an hour 20 minutes down Route 1. Tradeoffs: DART and SEPTA thin off-peak so most people drive I-95, medical appointments can take weeks, and downtown is more workplace than neighborhood after dark.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: theoldfathergroup.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: realestate.usnews.com Source 4: koa.com Source 5: choosewilmingtonde.org Source 6: facebook.com Source 7: youtube.com Source 8: apartmentguide.com

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