Staff Interior Designer

Nemours Children's Health; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, DE is seeking a Staff Interior Designer to join our Capital Planning team. You will help design functional, welcoming spaces across clinics, administrative areas, retail environments, and hospitals, upholding our standards-driven approach.

Responsibilities include space planning, furniture specifications, finish selections, installation coordination, and documentation, collaborating with project managers, facilities leaders, and end users to bring design

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from an accredited college or university.
• AutoCAD experience required; Revit experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Excel, Bluebeam, PowerPoint, Revit, Photoshop, CAFM, and E-builder preferred.
• Prior healthcare interior design experience is a strong plus; commercial furniture dealership experience is also acceptable.
• NCIDQ certification preferred, or willingness to prepare for the NCIDQ exam when eligible.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Support interior design planning for healthcare, clinic, administrative, retail, and hospital projects across the Delaware Valley.
• Assist with space planning, preliminary test fits, feasibility studies, AutoCAD design/construction documents, and existing conditions documentation.
• Research furniture, finishes, products, materials, installation methods, healthcare design standards, building codes, infection control requirements, and evidence-based design practices.
• Meet with end users to understand project needs, develop furniture specifications, document finishes, and maintain established Nemours design standards.
• Coordinate furniture installations with end users, electrical, data, facilities, vendors, and project managers.
• Maintain clear communication with the Interior Design Manager and manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and project priorities.
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment by supporting Corporate Facilities team members and helping maintain the design and construction materials library.

Skills

AutoCAD

Revit

Communication

Organization

Teamwork

Healthcare design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Bluebeam

Photoshop

Job description

Staff Interior Designer

Nemours Children’s Health | Wilmington, DE

Help design spaces that support children, families, and the teams who care for them.

Job Description

Staff Interior Designer

Nemours Children’s Health | Wilmington, DE

Help design spaces that support children, families, and the teams who care for them.

Nemours Children’s Health is seeking a Staff Interior Designer to join our Capital Planning team in Wilmington, DE. This role supports design projects across the Delaware Valley, including clinic, administrative, retail, and hospital environments, with a focus on creating functional, welcoming, and standards-driven spaces that support our mission of improving children’s health.

In this role, you will partner closely with Construction Project Managers, Facilities leaders, end users, vendors, and design partners to support space planning, furniture planning and specifications, finish selections, installation coordination, and project documentation. You will help bring design concepts to life while ensuring furniture, finish, space, infection control, and healthcare design standards are maintained.

What You’ll Do

• Support interior design planning for healthcare, clinic, administrative, retail, and hospital-based projects across the Delaware Valley.
• Assist with space planning, preliminary test fits, feasibility studies, AutoCAD design/construction documents, and existing conditions documentation.
• Research furniture, finishes, products, materials, installation methods, healthcare design standards, building codes, infection control requirements, and evidence-based design practices.
• Meet with end users to understand project needs, develop furniture specifications, document finishes, and maintain established Nemours design standards.
• Coordinate furniture installations with end users, electrical, data, facilities, vendors, and project managers.
• Maintain clear communication with the Interior Design Manager and manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and project priorities.
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment by supporting Corporate Facilities team members and helping maintain the design and construction materials library.

What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, collaborative, and motivated by the opportunity to grow within a mission-driven healthcare environment. You bring strong communication and organizational skills, the ability to manage multiple priorities, and a willingness to do what it takes to support successful projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from an accredited college or university.
• AutoCAD experience required; Revit experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Excel, Bluebeam, PowerPoint, Revit, Photoshop, CAFM, and E-builder preferred.
• Prior healthcare interior design experience is a strong plus; commercial furniture dealership experience is also acceptable.
• NCIDQ certification preferred, or willingness to prepare for the NCIDQ exam when eligible.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Why Join Nemours?

At Nemours Children’s Health, your work will contribute to environments that directly support children, families, clinicians, and associates. As part of Corporate Facilities, you will have the opportunity to work on meaningful healthcare design projects, collaborate across disciplines, and grow your expertise in interior design, space planning, healthcare standards, and project coordination.

About Us

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.