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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pediatrician, Primary Care-Thomas Jefferson University Health Campus

Primary CareNo callFull-Time

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Job Description

Nemours Children’s Health is seeking a compassionate, collaborative pediatrician to join our primary care team on the Thomas Jefferson University Health campus in Philadelphia. This is an opportunity to build lasting relationships with children and families while delivering high-quality, evidence-based care within a nationally recognized pediatric health system.

Our Thomas Jefferson University office is a large teaching practice serving a diverse patient population, including a high percentage of patients covered by Medicaid.

Pediatricians care for children from birth through adolescence, support the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital newborn nursery, and help educate the next generation of clinicians.

The successful candidate will work alongside an experienced, multidisciplinary team and have access to the broad specialty resources of Nemours Children’s Health.

What You’LL Do

  • Provide comprehensive primary care, including well-child visits, preventive screenings, immunizations, and management of acute and chronic conditions.
  • Partner with patients and families to promote healthy development and lifelong wellness.
  • Coordinate care with pediatric specialists, hospital-based teams, and community resources.
  • Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and support staff to deliver a seamless patient experience.
  • Provide clinical coverage for the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital newborn nursery and participate in the practice’s teaching environment.
  • Contribute to quality improvement, patient safety, and population health initiatives.

What We’RE Looking For

  • MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school.
  • Completion of an accredited pediatric residency program.
  • Board certification or board eligibility in Pediatrics.
  • Eligibility for an unrestricted Pennsylvania medical license.
  • Strong communication, teamwork, and relationship-building skills.
  • A commitment to family-centered care, clinical excellence, and service to a diverse patient population.

Help us create the healthiest generations of children. Apply today to learn more about this pediatric primary care opportunity with Nemours Children’s Health.

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 comprehensive primary care for children from birth through adolescence, including well-child visits and management of acute and chronic conditions. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support the newborn nursery and contribute to quality improvement and teaching initiatives.

Requirements

Requires an MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school and completion of an accredited pediatric residency program. Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics and eligible for an unrestricted Pennsylvania medical license.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Patient educationChronic condition managementAcute careNewborn nursery supportMultidisciplinary collaboration

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 48% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatrician, Primary Care-Thomas Jefferson University Health Campus at Nemours Children's Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 21,112 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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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 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,305 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
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.

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