Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Job Description

Nemours Children’s Health in partnership with Wolfson Children’s Hospital is looking to expand our team of Neonatal Advanced Practice Providers in Jacksonville, Florida!

Our level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit located in the newly designed 7 story Critical Care Tower, consists of 74 beds and is here to provide the best start in life for babies born too early or with complex medical issues. This care team takes care of babies around-the-clock in our high-tech unit and also offers critical care transport. This position will require coverage in both a level II and level IV NICU settings.

Come join this unique and experienced care team that is here to support our mission of creating the healthiest generation of children.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides care to pediatric patients as guided by education, clinical expertise and Scope of Practice Agreement, including ambulatory, inpatient (acute) care, surgical first assist and pre- and post-operative management
• Elicits comprehensive or focused/interval health history
• Performs complete or interim physical examinations as indicated by the nature of the encounter
• Orders, performs, and/or interprets diagnostic or screening tests, including laboratory, radiological or other tests within the APP'S scope of practice
• Plans interventions including medications, treatments and procedures, and modifies plans based on evaluation of patient response.
• Initiates, monitors, alters or orders medications related to conditions or illnesses being treated within applicable divisions

What We Offer

• Competitive base compensation with generous sign on bonus
• 403B with employer match
• Licensure, CME and dues allowances
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• No state income tax in Florida

Qualifications

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with current national certification

or

• Physician Assistant with two or more years of experience (or completion of NICU residency or fellowship) plus current certification by the National Commission on Certification
• Florida Licensure as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant required upon hire
• American Heart Association BLS required
• Experience working with Pediatrics required

If you’re looking for a position that will allow you to enjoy a work-life balance, have an opportunity for professional growth, and focus on pediatric care, this is the opportunity for you.

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.

• Job Identification 18699
• Job Category Other Medical Providers
• Posting Date 04/29/2026, 02:54 PM
• Degree Level Master's Degree
• Job Schedule Full time