Pediatric Hospitalist Physician
Jacksonville, FL Full-time Pediatrician
At a glance
Pediatrician role at Nemours Children's Health. Jacksonville, FL · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $225,000–$300,000 across the United States.
Estimated pay
Nemours Children's Health has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
$225,000 – $300,000
What the middle half of pediatrician roles in the United States paid, among postings that did state a salary.
Worked out from 109 postings that stated pay, median $262,500. Last updated Oct 22, 2026.
RolePediatrician
LocationJacksonville, FL
EmploymentFull-time
PostedOct 3, 2026 · 2w ago
Role brief
physicianroles summary, based on the employer's listing.
What you'll do
- Assess newborns and provide the medical care and treatment they need
- Create and maintain care pathways and protocols that guide consistent newborn treatment
- Admit and attend to newborn patients, and join inpatient rounds to support timely assessments
- Teach pediatric residents and help improve care quality and cost effectiveness
- Complete insurer-required records and appeal denied claims promptly
What you bring
- You hold an MD or DO and are board certified or eligible in General Pediatrics
- You qualify for an unrestricted Florida medical license and DEA registration
Who this fits
This full-time role is based in Jacksonville, Florida, and includes call coverage. It suits a pediatrician focused on newborn inpatient care and resident education. A Pediatric Hospitalist fellowship is preferred.
From the employer
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
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children's hospitals Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.
Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.
Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.
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
- 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
- MD or DO
- Board certified/eligible in General Pediatrics
- Eligible for an unrestricted Florida medical license and DEA
- Pediatric Hospitalist fellowship preferred
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children's hospitals Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.
Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.
Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.