Academic Neuroscience Nursing

Our Neuroscience Units offer nurses a diverse patient population which provides an excellent learning environment and the opportunity for professional development. Our robust new hire program sets each nurse up for success and allows the opportunity for nurses to “cross-train” within neurosciences to broaden their career. Our nurses have the opportunity to practice in three distinct units:

Neurosciences/ENT Unit

A 21-bed general medical-surgical level unit specializing in caring for patients with stroke, epilepsy, brain and/or spinal cord tumors/injuries, movement disorders, laryngectomies and tracheostomies.

Neuroscience Special Care Unit (NSCU)

A 10-bed continuous care environment with full bedside monitoring capabilities. Nurses care for patients with complex medical, surgical, respiratory and multi-trauma needs including care for:

• Post-operative neuroscience
• Complex ENT and trauma
• Acute strokes
• Continuous cardiac monitoring
• Cardiac drips
• Ventriculostomies
• Lumbar drains

Neuroscience Critical Care Unit (NCCU)

A 10-bed critical care unit that cares for higher acuity medical and surgical patients, some with complex respiratory issues. Care includes:

• Post-operative neuroscience
• Neurotrauma
• Acute strokes
• Post-thrombectomy
• Intracranial pressure monitoring
• Ventilators
• Lumbar drains
• High alert medications

If you are a nurse looking for that “right fit” for your next career move, your time will be well spent if you continue reading. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock organization is a unique place for nurses. We are one of the few locations throughout the United States that can offer nurses some of the most diverse, sophisticated and rewarding nursing careers, but we can also claim an outstanding quality of life.

Why are we so unique? We are a world-renowned medical center set right in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We recognize that “quality of life” means different things to different people, but we are pretty confident since we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This all means you can be a happy nurse with more quality time with friends, family, pets or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself.

These are just a few highlights of being a nurse at Dartmouth-Hitchcock.

• A shared governance nursing model
• Tuition reimbursement
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
• The Center for Surgical Innovation
• 8000 sq. ft. Patient Safety Training and Simulation Center

To be considered, candidates must have a Bachelor or Associates degree in Nursing with the ability to procure an RN license in the state of New Hampshire.

Read more Dartmouth-Hitchcock and why YOU should work here.

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. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities - both career and personal - truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.

Applicants are encouraged to visit our nursing career site to learn more and apply:

Please visit:  DHnursing.org

or email Patrick Armand at: Patrick.Armand@hitchcock.org to discuss these exciting opportunities.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock 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.