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Nemours Children's Health
Wilmington, Delaware

Pediatric Cardiologist

CardiologyFull-Time

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Job Description

Pediatric Cardiologist expected to participate in outpatient clinical responsibilities including fetal echo, general cardiology and care for simple and complex patients. Your primary Clinic and consultant responsibility will be with the Nemours Partners in the Eastern Shore of Maryland and throughout DE.

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.

Key Responsibilities

The Pediatric Cardiologist will provide outpatient clinical care, including fetal echocardiography and general cardiology services. They will serve as a consultant for patients across the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a doctorate degree and possess the clinical expertise to manage both simple and complex pediatric cardiac cases. The role requires a commitment to the Nemours Whole Child Health approach and culturally relevant care.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
10+ years of experience

Key Skills

Pediatric CardiologyPatient ConsultationDiagnostic ImagingMedical AdvocacyPreventive Medicine

Cardiology — Physician Career Context

Of the 31 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 77% have no call, 23% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Delaware is 99.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.5% of Delaware clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Cardiology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 509 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Wilmington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$299k
Typical market rent
$1,786/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.