Pediatric Nursing Careers
Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth / Pediatric Intensive Care Nursery
(CHaD / PICU)

Full-Time, with a $15,000 Sign-On Incentive!
(Eligible for external RN candidates, prorated for part-time schedules)

Our unit has two specialties including Pediatric medical surgical and Pediatric ICU.  There are 7 med/surg beds, 7 stepdown beds, and 4 critical care beds.  We care for patients from birth to 18 years old with a patient and family centered philosophy where our patients and their families are partners in the care. As a Pediatric Nurse at Dartmouth Health, you will find:

• The Chad Inpatient Unit (Pediatrics and Pediatric ICU) has recently undergone renovation to create space for a combined PICU and Pediatric unit. We are an 18-bed integrated unit providing care for med-surgical, stepdown, and critical care level pediatric patients all on the same floor.
• We provide a wide variety of surgical services including orthopedic, ENT, GI, general surgery, hematology/oncology, neurosurgery, and trauma. We also care for patients with a wide variety of acute and chronic medical diagnoses including dehydration, failure to thrive, seizures, cystic fibrosis, asthma, diabetes, oncology, respiratory insufficiency, and cardiac disease.
• The pediatric medical surgical RNs care for pediatric patients as well as become certified hematology/oncology RNs. RNs gain APHON certification within one year (Association Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Nursing). This certification allows them to care for the child with an oncological diagnosis and administer chemotherapy. Pediatric RNs also become step down trained so they may care for children with higher acuity needs.
• The pediatric ICU RNs care for critical care patients and step down patients. These RNs have the opportunity to do TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Certification) and ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course). The Pediatric ICU nursing team responds to in house code blues and acts as the pediatric Hitchcock early response team (HERT).
• The renovation also includes the creation of a play and family space that will be in the center of the unit.

Nurses who come to work at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center can expect a suite of benefits to complement their lifestyle including:

• A $15,000 sign-on Bonus Incentive
• We offer a generous loan repayment
• 3 free months of housing to help get you settled (for experienced nurse)
• Generous relocation assistance and a Housing Concierge to help with finding a house or an apartment
• Generous tuition reimbursement and a very popular “earned time” plan
• We are a Level-1 academic medical center with a rigorous, research-focused environment
• You can explore hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails, and some of the best skiing in the country
• New Hampshire has no income or sales tax
• Our team of nurses and nurse leadership are committed to you and want to see you succeed

If you are looking for a fast-paced environment with a wide variety of ages, diagnoses, and multiple levels of care then you would love the Chad Inpatient Unit! We will be looking for nursing students who are flexible and able to stay calm and composed in emergent/urgent situations. They also should have a strong desire to work with both children and their families.

Dartmouth Health is a national leader in healthcare. We are New Hampshire’s only academic health network and the state’s largest private employer, serving patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health and our nearly 2,000 providers are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of our communities and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report. Dartmouth Health includes the Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 52 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation; Dartmouth Health Children’s, including New Hampshire’s only full-service children’s hospital, Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; and member hospitals, clinics and home health organizations serving New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and its Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials, and trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online:
https://dhnursing.org/pediatric-nursing/

Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth

How can the lifestyle in New Hampshire and Vermont compliment your career? You can have amazing 4-season living with a career at one of the top health systems in the country. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. We are close to the urban centers of Boston, New York and Montreal, but also offer proximity to the seacoast and multiple top-tier ski mountains within a short driving distance. Throughout New Hampshire, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make our area the ideal place to work and play.Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without ...regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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