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Nemours Children's Health
Milford, Delaware

Pediatrician, Primary Care- Milford

PediatricsIncludes callFull-time

Compensation

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Job Description

Nemours is seeking a Pediatrician to join our team in Milford, DE.

Nemours Children's Health Milford, provides high-quality, professional primary care outpatient services for infants, children, and adolescents and are currently in need of a full-time pediatrician to join the team.

All locations utilize after-hours nurse triage to take first- line calls from patients when the office is closed.

Requirements

  • MD or DO
  • Board eligible or certified in General Pediatrics
  • Eligible for unrestricted Delaware medical license and DEA

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply.

Nemours offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits package that includes bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, CME and board maintenance allowances, retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan, educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, professional membership dues allowance, and more.

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

Provide high-quality professional primary care outpatient services for infants, children, and adolescents. Collaborate with a team to deliver comprehensive pediatric health services in Milford, DE.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Patient Care

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 74% have no call, 42% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $255k (middle half $225k–$285k)83 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingDelaware index 99.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Delaware90 active22,539 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 74% no call · 42% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Physician pay trend+1.7% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Pediatrician Jobs

24 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

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<$230k
4
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6
$310k-350k
1
$390k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

19 jobs · 18 employers
401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
63% this job
Relocation assistance
42% this job
Sign-on bonus
26% this job
Loan repayment
26%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Pediatrics listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 737 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
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About Nemours Children's Health

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

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Salary
Bonus Incentives
Relocation Assistance
Life Insurance
Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Coverage
CME and Board Maintenance Allowances
Retirement Plan with Employer Match

Living in Milford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$341k
Typical market rent
$1,866/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.5
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 · Dover, DE metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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