Neonatal Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Nemours Children's Health; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation allowance

Competitive salary

Job summary

Nemours Children's Health is recruiting an experienced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our expanding NICU in Wilmington, Delaware. The unit will grow to 46 beds with 14 new inpatient rooms in 2026, offering a supportive, high-tech environment for caring for newborns.

Our NICU is Level IV, with access to neonatologists, pediatric surgeons, and specialists across the network. Expect rotating shifts, holiday commitments, and a comprehensive benefits package including CME

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years Neonatal NP/PA experience preferred.
• AR NP license in state(s) of practice; Neonatal NP Certification; BLS and NRP Certification upon hire.
• PA-C license; neonatal experience or Neonatal Fellowship.

Responsibilities

• Manages neonatal ICU patients with collaboration under the attending neonatologist.
• Receives distressed neonate in the Delivery Room and initiates intervention.
• Performs newborn exam and gestational age assessment; differentiates normal/abnormal findings.
• Conducts parent interviews and collects family history.
• Collaborates with neonatologists on admissions and treatment plans.
• Orders labs and procedures needed for neonatal care.
• Performs necessary diagnostic/therapeutic procedures in NICU care.
• Reviews care items in neonatal care: temperature, feeds, phototherapy.
• Participates in daily NICU rounds and rotating shifts.

Skills

Neonatal NP/PA experience

BLS certification

NRP certification

Education

ARNP license (state)

Neonatal NP Certification

PA-C license (state)

Job description

Offering recently increased compensation, relocation allowance and a sign-on bonus! The Nemours Neonatology team is looking for an experienced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our expanding NICU in Wilmington, Delaware. We will be expanding in 2026, adding 14 new inpatient rooms. With this expansion, the NICU will house 46 beds as a contiguous unit.

Our shifts are rotating and will require holiday commitments.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) at Nemours Children's provide the best start in life for babies born too early or with medical problems. Our NICUs are Level IV, which is the highest level of neonatal care.

Newborn medicine specialists, or neonatologists, take care of babies around-the-clock in this high-tech unit. Pediatric surgeons and experts in every specialty have direct access to the NICU.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages and provides care for the patient requiring neonatal intensive care utilizing collaborative consultation with team members, under the direction and supervision (but not necessarily the direct attendance) of an attending neonatologist.
• Receives a distressed neonate in the Delivery Room and initiates appropriate intervention.
• Performs a complete newborn physical examination and assessment of gestational age, discriminating between normal and abnormal findings.
• Conducts parent interviews and takes family history.
• Collaborates with neonatologists concerning pertinent historical events, physical findings, diagnostic and therapeutic measures initiated on all admissions.
• Orders appropriate laboratory tests and procedures.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures necessary and appropriate for the care of the patient.
• Reviews and provides general care items involved in neonatal care, such as temperature stabilization, hyperalimentation therapy, feeding management, and phototherapy.
• Participates in daily rounds in NICU.
• Rotating shifts required

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Extensive benefits package that includes quality-based bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• CME allowances
• Retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan
• Educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, and professional membership dues allowance.
• Qualified new grads are encouraged to apply

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years Neonatal NP/Physician Assistant experience preferred
• NNP: Current unrestricted Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification via National Certification Center; BLS and NRP Certification upon hire
• PA-C: Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Must have neonatal experience or have completed a Neonatal Fellowship.
• Current American Heart Association BLS and NRP Certification

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 .