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Nemours Children's Health
Palm Bay, Florida

Pediatrician, Primary Care

PediatricsIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Nemours Children’s Health is hiring a Primary Care Pediatrician to work our outpatient clinics in Indialantic and Palm Bay, Florida.  Our offices are all certified Patient Centered Medical Homes, supported by a robust team of triage nurses and care coordinators.  We have in office lab capability utilizing PCR technology.  This position offers a flexible 4-5 day work week with minimal night call and no inpatient responsibilities.

Physician Candidates Must Be

  • ABP Certified or Eligible in Pediatrics
  • Eligible for unrestricted Florida License

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized, multi-site pediatric healthcare system built upon a centralized, efficient and collaborative infrastructure committed to improving the health of all children. The mission of Nemours is to improve the health and health care of children by seeking new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood diseases, and to educate the next generation of leaders in children’s health.

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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].

Key Responsibilities

Provide primary pediatric care within outpatient clinics in Indialantic and Palm Bay, Florida. Work within a Patient Centered Medical Home model supported by triage nurses and care coordinators.

Requirements

Candidates must be ABP Certified or Eligible in Pediatrics. An unrestricted Florida medical license is required.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Outpatient CareClinical DiagnosisChildhood Disease Treatment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatrician, Primary Care at Nemours Children's Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Pediatrics — ranked against 646 active Pediatrics listings on WeekdayDoc.

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 70% have no call, 25% require no weekends.

Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.0this job 6.1
Better work-life than 60% of Pediatrics listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 646 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call

Living in Palm Bay

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$285k
Typical market rent
$1,867/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.0
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 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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

Flexible 4-5 day work week
Minimal night call
No inpatient responsibilities
Patient Centered Medical Home
Triage nurses and care coordinators support
In office lab capability with PCR technology