Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Nemours Children’s Health is seeking Advanced Practice Providers to join our Neurosurgery Team in Florida!

Our providers work together to care for babies, kids and young adults from all over the world. Our Neurosurgery team helps to relieve pain and improve a child’s quality of life. We use the most advanced surgical techniques and are active in researching neurological conditions in children to better help foster 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
  • This position will provide inpatient and outpatient coverage
  • 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
  • Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
  • Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match
  • Licensure, CME and dues allowance
  • Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
  • No state income tax in Florida

Qualifications

  • Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or current certification as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
  • Florida Licensure as a Physician Assistant required upon hire or Florida Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse required upon hire
  • Acute or Primary Care Certification acceptable, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner preferred (PNP-PC or PNP-AC) if an Advanced Practice Nurse
  • BLS required upon hire from the American Heart Association
  • Prior healthcare/patient care experience strongly preferred
  • Experience working with Pediatrics or Child Health preferred
  • Federal DEA registration either active or required upon hire

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.

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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.

Learn more at Nemours.org [https://www.nemours.org].

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentDiagnostic InterpretationPre-operative ManagementMedication Management

Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

In Florida, the Nurse Practitioner weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$130k (94 salary observations; 363 listings), vs ~$138k nationally (3,601 salary observations; 12,575 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 54% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

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About Nemours Children's Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Jacksonville, Florida
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive base compensation
Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
Mortgage assistance
Relocation packages
403B with employer match
Licensure, CME and dues allowance
Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
No state income tax in Florida