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Nemours Children's Health
Pensacola, Florida

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Otolaryngology ENT

Nurse PractitionerNo callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

Nemours Children's Health, Pensacola is looking for a full-time ENT APP to join our team. This position functions in collaboration with a multidisciplinary patient care team and is responsible for performing direct patient care services in collaboration with an attending physician and assisting with the overall care of the children receiving services in the outpatient setting.

What We Offer

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Health, dental, vision and life insurance
  • Retirement Planning: 403B with employer match and years of service contribution
  • Work-Life Balance: Six weeks of paid family leave
  • Professional Development: CME, licensure and dues allowances
  • Additional Benefits: Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility

Position Requirements

  • Active Florida Advanced Practice Nurse Licensure, with prescriptive authority required, OR Active Florida Physician Assistant License
  • Florida Controlled Substance Registration (CSR) & DEA with a Florida address
  • Current certification as an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
  • Current AHA Healthcare Provider (HCP) Certification required
  • 1-3 years of related experience strongly preferred

About Pensacola

  • Home to pristine white beaches and the iconic emerald waters of the Gulf Coast (consistently voted one of the top beaches in the country)
  • Pensacola boasts a rich history including pre-Civil War forts, archaeological sites, the title of America’s first settlement, and is home to the US Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, The Blue Angels.
  • Cost of living below the national average
  • The perfect combination of a relaxed beach town and bustling metropolitan center, Pensacola’s temperate and climate offer a friendly community and an unparalleled quality of life.
  • Pensacola prides itself on its diverse and emerging cultures. Annual festivals, events, and performances display the region’s greatest musicians, food, artists, shows, and vendors that captivate the heart and history of the area.

About Ascension Sacred Heart Studer Family Children’s Hospital

As part of Ascension, the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola is a 566-bed facility that offers:

  • Studer Family Children’s Hospital is the region’s only children’s hospital and is a full-service pediatric facility including a dedicated pediatric emergency department/trauma center, 48 general pediatric beds, 10 Hem/Onc beds and a 75 bed NICU. The hospital utilizes the Cerner EMR.
  • Sacred Heart was founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1915. The Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital opened their doors on April 1, 1969.
  • While technology has improved dramatically, and the buildings have grown and expanded, the commitment to the mission remains steadfast: to provide excellent health care to all people, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable.
  • The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart is dedicated to the care of sick and injured babies and children regardless of the patient's ability to pay.
  • The campus includes an onsite Ronald McDonald House and in-house Ronald McDonald Family Room, a regional pediatric dialysis center, pediatric sedation for imaging studies
  • There is a Pediatric Residency program that has been training Pediatricians since 1970.

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 ENT APP will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and attending physicians to provide direct patient care services in an outpatient setting. They are responsible for assisting with the overall clinical management of pediatric patients receiving ENT services.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an active Florida Advanced Practice Nurse or Physician Assistant license with prescriptive authority and relevant certifications. A minimum of 1-3 years of related experience is strongly preferred for this role.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Pediatric careOtolaryngologyPatient assessmentClinical collaborationElectronic medical recordsPatient educationMultidisciplinary teamwork

Otolaryngology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 56% have no call, 56% 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).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Otolaryngology ENT at Nemours Children's Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Otolaryngology nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Location & Logistics

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

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs

401k / retirement match
91% this job
Sign-on bonus
60%
CME allowance
51% this job
Loan repayment
11% this job
Relocation assistance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.1
Better work-life than 50% of Otolaryngology (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 40 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Pensacola

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$260k
Typical market rent
$1,657/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Nemours Children's Health

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

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
403B with Employer Match
Six Weeks Paid Family Leave
CME Allowance
Licensure and Dues Allowance