Description

Nemours Childrens Health, Jacksonville is seeking a passionate and dynamic Newborn Nursery Pediatrician to work in partnership with Wolfson Childrens 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

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About Us

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 childrens 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.

Learn more at Nemours.org.