Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Cardiac Critical Care
Compensation
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Job Description
Nemours Children's Health in Jacksonville is seeking Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners to join our Cardiac Critical Care Team!
What We Offer
- Competitive base compensation
- Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
- Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match
- Licensure, CME and dues allowance
- Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- No state income tax in Florida
Qualifications
- Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or current certification as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
- Florida Licensure as a Physician Assistant required upon hire or Florida Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse required upon hire
- Acute Care Certification acceptable, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner preferred (PNP-PC or PNP-AC) if an Advanced Practice Nurse
- BLS required upon hire
- Prior healthcare/patient care experience strongly preferred
- Experience working with Pediatrics or Child Health preferred
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.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will join the Cardiac Critical Care Team to provide specialized pediatric care. They will contribute to the health system's mission of improving children's health through clinical care, research, and advocacy.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Cardiology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
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).
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 56% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | Florida index 103.4 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Cardiology listings in Florida | 18 active | —live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| All nurse practitioner listings in Florida | 772 active | 15,421 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 12% remote · 56% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | loan repayment | Florida nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 3% offer loan repayment772 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cardiology NP hiring demand | #13 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 35 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 137 postings, 208 closed |
| New Cardiology NP listings | 148 in the last 30 days | 120 the 30 days before (+23%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties) | +2.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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