Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery.
Eligibility
Sign-on bonus
Posted Oct 2
Shift and hours
12-hour shifts · day shift Full-Time Day Shift, 7:00 am to 7:30 pm (12-Hour Shifts)
Unit and setting
Tele · Hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recoverychronic, critically ill patients
License
RN license Valid State Registered Nurse (RN) Licensevalid state RN license
Term
Permanent Full-Time Day ShiftFull-time
Do you qualify?
License
valid state RN licenseValid State Registered Nurse (RN) License
Certification
BLS at hireBLS is required at hire.
Certification
ACLS within 6 months of hireAfter hire · within 6 months of hireACLS is required within 6 months of hire
Up to $56 per hour plus competitive shift differentials for weekendsUp to $56 per hour plus competitive shift differentials for weekends
Sign-on bonus
$15,000
Extra pay
competitive shift differentials for weekends
Benefits
BenefitsRN orientation programStart Strong : Extensive and thorough Registered Nurse (RN) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
Benefits100% company-paid BSN scholarshipAdvance Your Career :100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
Benefitstuition reimbursement
Benefitscontinuing education
Benefitsclinical ladder programElevate Your Skills : Clinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN.
Benefitsgenerous PTO for full-time team membersRecharge & Refresh : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Benefitsmedical/RX, health, vision, and dental plans for full-time team membersYour Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Benefitscompany-matching 401(k) for full-time team membersCompany-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Benefitslife and disability protection for full-time team members
Dental insurance
Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Extensive RN orientation program
100% company-paid scholarship (BSN)
Company-matching 401(k)
The role and schedule
Day to day
receive admissions and/or transfers to the unitReceive admissions and/or transfers to the unit
Day to day
initial and ongoing systematic patient assessmentInitial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
Day to day
timely and accurate documentationTimely and accurate documentation using appropriate systems
Day to day
interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetryInterpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry
Day to day
ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accuratelyEnsure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
Day to day
competence in Rapid Response and code eventsCompetence in Rapid Response and code events
Day to day
instruct and counsel patients/familiesInstruct and counsel patients/families
Weekends
Weekends required
Details
located inside ChristianaCare WilmingtonWilmington, DE (located inside of ChristianaCare Wilmington)
Position: Registered Nurse (RN) Location: Wilmington, DE (located inside of ChristianaCare Wilmington)
Schedule
Full-Time Day Shift, 7:00 am to 7:30 pm (12-Hour Shifts)
Compensation
Up to $56 per hour plus competitive
shift differentials for weekends
Sign-on bonus: $15,000
Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Registered Nurses (RNs) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.
At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
Start Strong : Extensive and thorough Registered Nurse (RN) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
Advance Your Career :100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
Elevate Your
Skills
Clinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN.
Ease the Burden : Student Debt benefit program.
Recharge & Refresh : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
Receive admissions and/or transfers to the unit
Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
Timely and accurate documentation using appropriate systems
Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry
Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
Neighborhoods+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.
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.
Getting around+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.
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.
Outdoors+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.
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.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Wilmington
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.
