Specialty Nurse, Orthopedics

Overview

Specialty Nurse, Orthopedics (Finance)

Nemours is seeking a Specialty Nurse, Orthopedics, to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, DE. The Orthopedic Specialty Nurse is responsible for an area of specialized nursing practice and will be responsible for partnering with the providers and other interdisciplinary team members to coordinate patient care through participation in activities such as phone triage, scheduling questions, insurance authorization, letters, and communicating with families through Nemours portal messages.

Additionally, the Orthopedic Specialty Nurse will participate in patient and family education, in clinic or via phone, regarding common Orthopedic diagnoses and surgeries. The specialty nurse will utilize the nursing process as a basis for providing and evaluating nursing care. Candidates should have excellent time management skills, be a proactive worker, work well in a team environment, and possess the desire to engage in rheumatology patient care.

• BSN
• Active DE (or compact state) Registered Nurse License
• One to three years of pediatric nursing experience required

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I.

DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us ours.org .