Job Details: Pediatric Nursing - Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Company: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center – Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Children's Hospital are committed to enhancing the quality of life.

Description: Pediatric Nursing in Hershey...Sweet!
Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine is a 501-bed Magnet organization containing the Penn State Children's Hospital. The Children's Hospital brings the benefits of research and education to care for over 5,500 patients annually with 120 beds in pediatrics, pediatrics ICU, intermediate care, and level III-C neonatal ICU. We are central Pennsylvania's only academic medical center and are looked to as a resource for the most complex adult and pediatric cases. Our future is exciting with the approval for a four-story free-standing Children's Hospital to begin construction in the summer of 2009 after the completion of the five-story Penn State Cancer Center in March 2009.

Immediate staff nurse openings are available in:
- Pediatrics
- Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatrics Intermediate Care Unit

Additional opportunities include:
- Clinical Head Nurse, Pediatric ICU/IMCU
- Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics
- Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal ICU
- Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Neurology

Desired Candidates: Nurses from all experience levels are encouraged to apply, pediatric experience is preferred. PA RN license will be required.

Benefits: Our nurses enjoy a generous benefit package to include health care benefits starting your first day, 75% tuition assistance at any Penn State University campus for you and your dependents, relocation assistance (when qualified), a generous paid time-off plan, free parking, and much more! Additional professional benefits include a staff nurse professional development clinical ladder with annual payments of $4,000 to $5,000 (depending on the level) and a shift differential. Professional certification is encouraged and financially rewarded with an additional $1,250 annually.

Nestled in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the medical center is centrally located just 13 miles east of our state capital, Harrisburg. Living in central Pennsylvania offers a pleasant alternative to the pressures of urban living. The area surrounding the Medical Center is a mix of well maintained communities with quiet tree-lined streets, safe shopping districts, beautiful farmland, state parks and game land. It also offers the best of both worlds with easy access to cultural events and nightlife while Philadelphia, the Pocono Mountains, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York City are all within driving distance. Entertainment and activities include numerous golf courses, hunting, fishing, mountain biking, arts festivals, professional and amateur theater, symphonies, a brand new Giant Center Arena Complex, Hersheypark; a spectacular amusement park, and sports teams to include the Harrisburg Senators AA baseball team and Hershey Bears hockey team. There is something for everyone at Penn State Hershey Medical Center!
For more information, visit our web site at www.PennStateNurses.com or call nurse recruitment at 717-531-5141.

To apply on-line, visit our web site by clicking Apply to Job.

Posting Date: Jul 21 08