Nemours Children Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware, is seeking a board-certified Pediatric Gastroenterologist. This position is based out of Nemours location In Milford, Delaware.
This is an exceptional career opportunity to join a talented team at Nemours Children's Health based in Wilmington, DE with various outpatient clinics across the tri-state area. This position includes a faculty appointment through the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and a vital role in a busy practice. The Nemours Pediatric Gastroenterology team is a unique service that specializes in complex digestive diagnoses and the inpatient and outpatient management of children with these complex medical conditions. They also play an integral role in the Solid Organ Transplant Program.
Individuals interested in patient care combined with teaching and scholarship (clinical or basic research investigation) should apply. This is a beautiful opportunity to join a collegial, experienced group. We currently have 11 attending physicians including 2 Hepatologists as well as 2 nurse practitioners and 6 fellows in our training program. Individuals at all levels of experience will be considered.
Nemours offers a competitive salary and a robust benefits package that includes productivity and quality-based financial incentives, relocation, health, life, dental, CME, 403B Retirement Plan with matching, 457-retirement savings plan, licensure, and dues allowance. Nemours is a not-for-profit; full-time employed physicians qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
The Nemours Children's Hospital/Delaware, with a long-established and excellent reputation in pediatric health care, draws a broadly diverse patient population with a wide variety of diagnoses. The hospital, supported in part through an endowment from the Nemours Foundation, continues to grow both regionally and nationally and is the tertiary care center for pediatrics within the Jefferson Health Care System. Located on a 300-acre estate and park-like setting in Wilmington, Delaware, this opportunity also offers larger cities' cultural and professional advantages, given its convenient location within 30 minutes from downtown Philadelphia, 1½ hours from Washington DC and 2 hours from New York City.
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. duPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org
Nemours Children's Health is committed to improving the health of children. As a non-profit children’s health organization, we consider the health of every child to be a sacred trust.
Through family-centered care in our children’s hospitals and clinics in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as world-changing research, education and advocacy, Nemours fulfills the promise of a healthier tomorrow for all children — even those who may never enter our doors.
Nemours began more than 80 years ago with the vision of Alfred I. duPont to improve the lives of children and to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions.
Today, through our children’s hospitals and health system, we directly care for 250,000 children annually in Delaware Valley and Florida, including families who travel from across the country and world to see our specialists — treating every child as we would our own.
We also reach beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to be a voice for children on a national and international level, and to lead the way in prevention, intervention, education, and research.
Nemours is growing to better serve the children and families in our care. We have 1.1 million square feet of space currently devoted to providing children’s healthcare or under construction, all designed with significant input and advice from our patients and families.
