CNA and patient care technician jobs in Newark, DE

Across 8 open CNA and patient care technician jobs here that post an hourly rate, from 4 employers, the middle half pays $20.86–$22.21 an hour, median $21.32.

By open jobs on this board: ChristianaCare (3), Encore Parkside (3) and Excel Care Newark (2).

Ranked by the hourly rates each one posts for the CNA and patient care technician jobs open here, an employer with few rates weighed toward the others' so one high posting never outranks many: Encore Parkside (most often $19–$25 an hour, a median of $23 across 3 posted rates), UnitedHealth Group (most often $17.55–$26.35 an hour, a median of $21.95 across 1 posted rate) and ChristianaCare (a median of $20.90 an hour across 3 posted rates). Posted pay is the base range, before shift differentials and bonuses.

1 of the open CNA and patient care technician jobs here says so in its own posting: CNA at Maxim Healthcare Services (...in the comfort of their own homes. Why Join Maxim Competitive pay & weekly paychecks Health, dental,...).

1 of the open CNA and patient care technician jobs here says so in its own posting: Certified Nursing Assistant Full Time at Excel Care Newark (...up to 5% employer matching Paid time off, sick time, and holidays Daily Pay option Employee-only...).

1 of the open CNA and patient care technician jobs here says so in its own posting: Certified Nursing Assistant Full Time at Excel Care Newark ($1,500 sign-on bonus).

By their own postings here, a sign-on bonus: Excel Care Newark ($1,500); tuition or student loan help: VITAS Healthcare (tuition help up to $4,000 a year). The employers compared.

Christiana Hospital: 4 of 5 stars, 74% of patients said nurses always communicated well (Medicare, Jul 2026). Each one opens its employer's other hospitals and jobs. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

Saint Francis Home Care: 4 of 5 stars, 87% of patients said the team communicated well (Medicare, Sep 2026). Each one opens its employer's other agencies and jobs. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

Vitas Healthcare Corporation Atlantic: 79% of families said the team always communicated well (3 stars) and Christianacare Accentcare Hosp & Palliative Care: 74% of families said the team always communicated well (2 stars), in Medicare's hospice survey. Each one opens its employer's other hospices and jobs. Families' ratings of the care, not employees' of the jobs.

By each hospital's own report to Medicare (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits), nursing aide hours averaged $22.48 at Christiana Hospital, against $23.38 an hour across Delaware's hospitals. An average over every hour, not one job's pay. Every Delaware hospital.

State CNA certification for most roles; some hospitals train you or hire nursing students as techs. Each posting lists its own requirements.