Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Primary Care - Milford
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Job Description
Nemours Children's Health is seeking an experienced Pediatric Advanced Practice Provider for our Milford, Delaware office!
At Nemours Children's Health, we see patients for primary care medical needs like well-child checkups, sick-child care and immunizations.
Key Responsibilities
- Comprehensive patient assessments including history and physical examinations
- Formulating assessment and treatment plans of pediatric patients
- Communicating with physicians about changes in patient’s clinical condition
- Educating parents/caregivers on patient condition and plan of care
- Triaging and responding to phone calls from patient families
- Accurately recording patient information in the electronic medical record
- The NP must be able to work independently as well as part of multidisciplinary team.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Health, life, dental & vision benefits for Associates and their dependents
- Wellness program
- CME days and dollars
- 403(b) with employer match
- Licensure and dues allowance after hire
- Tuition reimbursement & tuition discount programs with various Universities for Associates and their dependents
- Adoption assistance and 6 weeks of Paternity leave
Qualifications
- PNP- Active unrestricted Delaware or compact state RN and APRN licensure, Delaware prescriptive authority (CSR), Delaware DEA with a Delaware address, and a BLS from the American Heart Association.
- PA-C- Active unrestriced Delaware Physician Assistance license or compact state, National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants; DE Prescriptive Authority; DE Federal DEA; BLS from the American Heart Association.
- Three years of related clinical experience required
- Excellent written, phone, and interpersonal communication skills required.
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.
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.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Primary Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 50% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Primary Care NP median $141k (middle half $130k–$162k)278 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Delaware index 99.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Primary Care NP listings in Delaware | 9 active | 1,222 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 42% remote · 50% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 22% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Primary Care NP hiring demand | #16 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 29 days · 15% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 469 postings, 1,235 closed |
| New Primary Care NP listings | 502 in the last 30 days | 316 the 30 days before (+59%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Primary Care NP pay trend | +2.4% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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