Pediatric Hospitalist/Newborn Nursery Pediatrician
Nemours Children's Health · Jacksonville, FL
Posted October 20, 2026
Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville · 807 Childrens Way, Jacksonville, FL, US, 32207
- Pay: Nemours does not post a pay range for this role (competitive base compensation plus annual incentive)
- Employment: Full time
- Location: Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville
- Nemours Job ID: 16763
Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville is seeking a passionate and dynamic Newborn Nursery Pediatrician to work in partnership with Wolfson Children’s Hospital.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluates and treats newborns with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills.
- Adheres, contributes, and develops clinical patient pathways to ensure a standardized approach to newborn medicine.
- Establish and update protocols to ensure proper newborn care
- Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
- Acts as admitting, attending for newborns
- Providers will be the primary educator for the pediatric residents.
- Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
- Participates in inpatient rounds with the team to assure timely evaluations of all newborns.
- Call coverage
What We Offer
- No State Income Tax in Florida
- Competitive base compensation
- Annual incentive compensation that values clinical activity, academic accomplishments and quality improvement
- Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
- Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match, 457 retirement savings plans
- Licensure, CME and dues allowance
- Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Qualifications
- MD or DO
- Board certified/eligible in General Pediatrics
- Eligible for an unrestricted Florida medical license and DEA
- Pediatric Hospitalist fellowship preferred
Employer
Nemours Children's Health
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. It delivers care across six states through two freestanding children's hospitals and a network of more than 70 primary and specialty care practices, with a mission to deliver well beyond medicine to improve the health of children.
The Nemours system:
- Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware in Wilmington, built on the grounds of the historic Nemours Estate
- Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida in Orlando's Lake Nona Medical City
- Specialty and primary care across Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida, including Jacksonville, Pensacola, Lakeland and the Space Coast, plus partner hospital units and urgent care
Why physicians and advanced practice providers choose Nemours:
- Faculty appointments at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (Delaware Valley) and academic, teaching and research opportunities
- Competitive base compensation with an annual incentive plan
- Comprehensive benefits, mortgage assistance, relocation packages, and 403(b) with employer match plus 457(b) plans
- Licensure, CME and professional dues allowance, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility as a not-for-profit
- Places to live from Wilmington and the Brandywine Valley to Central Florida and the Gulf Coast