Job Details

ChristianaCare is currently seeking a full-time Registered Nurse Coordinator for our outpatient Heart Failure practice. The primary location for this role will be at the Heart and Vascular facility on the Newark, DE campus. This position will also support our practice located on the Wilmington, DE campus approximately 2 days/week.

About the Heart and Vascular Center

ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart and Vascular Health is nationally, regionally and locally recognized for its award-winning care in heart and vascular health. Our board-certified cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and vascular specialists are among the country’s leading experts, while our cardiac surgeons include some of the most experienced minimally invasive surgery teams as well as open-heart surgery teams in the mid-Atlantic.

ChristianaCare's Center for Heart and Vascular Health has been honored with multiple awards from Healthgrades and U.S. News & World Report, including the Excellence Award in Cardiac Care and Coronary Intervention, and much more.

Our Team

In this position, you will work with a talented team of 4 physicians, 4 advanced practice clinicians, and 3 other Registered Nurses, along with other committed staff to support our heart failure patients.

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday , day shift

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Clinical RN duties
• Provide in person and telephone-based counseling and education to Advanced Heart Failure and LVAD patients and families.
• Educates patients regarding health and illness prevention. Recommends community resources to meet patient and family needs. 
• Implements and monitors care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
• Establish educational materials and methods to assess patients baseline knowledge and health and evaluate progress towards patient goals.
• Coordinates care with home health and other providers as needed.
• Performs phlebotomy and delivers IV diuretic therapy on heart failure patients as ordered by heart failure provider in the outpatient diuretic clinic.
• Triages patient and family phone calls and provides consultation with Physicians and Nurse practitioners.
• Monitor patients receiving IV Diuretic Therapy in the clinic and update physicians regarding patient statuses in person or via telephone.
• Perform ReDsvest measurements on heart failure patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Oversee clinical work of the Medical Assistants in outpatient clinic ensuring appropriate pre-provider visit evaluation is complete and accurate.
• Adjusts patient medications and review lab results following CHF/LVAD medication protocols in collaboration with physician or and nurse practitioners.
• Monitors patients with CardioMems implants.
• Works with patients selected for the Heart Failure Re-Admission Reduction Program (Task Force), meeting with them to introduce the program, perform ReDsvest measurements, coordinate care between the primary team and the Task Force multidisciplinary team and ensure discharge planning is coordinated based off of recommendations from the Task Force multidisciplinary team.
• Supports the heart failure disease management program to achieve established goals and program objectives
• Other duties as assigned to support the advanced heart failure and LVAD programs.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• BSN, graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• 3 years clinical experience in cardiac care/critical care required
• Heart failure experience is preferred.
• BLS certification.
• an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

Special Requirements:

• Current license to practice nursing in the State of Delaware.

Qualified candidates should apply online and include a current resume for consideration.

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Hourly Pay Range: $41.28 - $66.05

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.

Post End Date

Dec 26, 2025

EEO Posting Statement

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/