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Nemours Children's Health
Wilmington, Delaware

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Trainee - Cardiac Center

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Full Practice Authority

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Job Description

Nemours is seeking a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Trainee
for our Cardiac Center in Wilmington, DE.

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) trainee will function as a learner and in a
supportive role in the cardiac intensive care unit and cardiac step-down unit. 
This provider must work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team and
demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills in all phases of
practice.  Mentored clinical practice experiences will occur in the acute care
setting. The APP Trainee will gain experience within a specialty practice and
progress from a learner status to a credentialed member of the Interdisciplinary
team within six months of their start date. 

The candidate must be a graduate of a pediatric nurse practitioner or physician
assistant program. The trainee must attain national certification as a pediatric
acute care nurse practitioner or physician assistant. 

Once certified

* Advanced Practice Registered Nurse:  Compact State RN license, DE APRN
License, Delaware CSR, Delaware DEA 

* Physician Assistant:  DE State Licensure, Delaware CSR, Delaware DEA 

Certification and all licensure should be completed by 4 months. 

Questions?  Contact Megan Roberts Megan.Roberts@nemours.org
[Megan.Roberts@nemours.org]

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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

The trainee will function in a supportive role within the cardiac intensive care and step-down units as part of an interdisciplinary team. They will progress from a learner status to a fully credentialed member of the team within six months.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of a pediatric nurse practitioner or physician assistant program and obtain national certification. Licensure requirements include Delaware state licensure and DEA certification within four months of the start date.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Interdisciplinary Team CollaborationPatient CarePediatric NursingPhysician Assistant Practice

Pediatrics — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

In Delaware, the Nurse Practitioner weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$156k (12 salary observations; 33 listings), vs ~$137k nationally (18,583 salary observations; 39,743 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 50% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.0% 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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Work-life snapshot

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Listing-based score

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.