Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine & Academic Innovation

INAAP; Wilmington (DE); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Relocation support

Six weeks paid family leave

CME and licensure allowances

Professional dues

Job summary

Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, seeks an accomplished physician leader to serve as Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. The role reports to the Department Chair and directs inpatient care, education, quality, and scholarly activity for ~220-bed hospital.

You will partner with hospital and enterprise leaders to advance clinical excellence, innovate care delivery, and strengthen academic programs while expanding the division’s regional impact.

Qualifications

• MD or DO board-certified in Pediatric Hospital Medicine or Pediatrics.
• Academic record suitable for Associate Professor or Professor level.
• Strong commitment to academic medicine, education, and scholarly activity.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic vision and leadership for clinical, operational, and academic performance.
• Ensure fiscal stewardship and effective resource management.
• Advance division's academic, research, quality improvement, and scholarly missions.
• Lead faculty recruitment, retention, mentorship, and development.
• Promote excellence in patient care, quality, safety, and service.
• Support and enhance clinical education for medical students, residents, fellows, and APPs.
• Collaborate with hospital, departmental, and enterprise leadership to achieve strategic goals.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Educational leadership

Quality & safety leadership

Collaboration across teams

Operational oversight

Education

MD/DO in Pediatrics

Job description

Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, seeks an accomplished physician leader to serve as Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. The role reports to the Department Chair and directs inpatient care, education, quality, and scholarly activity for ~220-bed hospital.

You will partner with hospital and enterprise leaders to advance clinical excellence, innovate care delivery, and strengthen academic programs while expanding the division’s regional impact.