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Nursing at Jefferson

A large academic medical center offers a lot of variety to the nurse who wants to expand his or her practice and knowledge. Because we serve patients across the entire healthcare continuum, our nurses can explore their interests and focus on specialties that are not available at smaller hospitals.

Check out the following services we provide here at Jefferson, and picture yourself practicing in this exciting environment alongside other like-minded professionals.

Perioperative Services

Jefferson’s perioperative services offers a full range of clinical services in 31 operating rooms including cardiothoracic, colorectal, general, neurosensory, orthopedic, pediatric and transplant surgery. Opportunities also exist in Ambulatory and PACU arenas.

Critical Care Services

Jefferson's critical care services includes full and intermediate level in bone marrow transplant, cardiopulmonary, neuroscience, medicine, telemetry and trauma. Our Emergency Department is a Level 1 Trauma Center with 56 treatment areas. It is a Regional Spinal Cord Injury and Designated Sexual Assault Center.

Specialty Services

Specialty Services Units include Psychiatry, Gero Psychiatry, Women and Children (D.R., Intensive Care Nursery and Pediatrics), Psychiatry (16 beds and two seclusion rooms)

Medical/Surgical Services

Medical/Surgical Services include Rehab, Orthopedics, Transplant, Cardiology, Oncology, Surgery, Medicine, and Neurology.

Ambulatory Services

Jefferson’s ambulatory services include outpatient cancer treatment and ambulatory Surgical Center.