Job Description

Position Summary:
We are excited to announce a position opening for a full-time Pediatric Palliative Care Physician at Nemours Children's Health in Wilmington, DE.
We are looking for a skilled team builder, an effective teacher, and an outstanding clinician with both excellent communication and interpersonal skills and expertise in pain and symptom management. Qualified candidates will have experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team and with medically complex conditions, including direct provision of end-of-life care.
The position reports to the Division Chief of Palliative Medicine and the successful candidate will be part of a collaborative interdisciplinary team within the Department of Pediatrics.
The Division provides inpatient, ambulatory, and home hospice oversight care and is home to a well-established and well-respected pediatric hospice and palliative medicine fellowship. A faculty appointment consistent with the level of academic achievement will be provided at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. All levels of experience, including recent fellowship graduates who are board-eligible, will be considered.
Kery Responsibilities:

• Provide interdisciplinary consultation services, facilitate discussion and clarification of patient and family goals of care, and collaborate with the primary care team and community agencies throughout a child's disease trajectory.
• Share in the on-call responsibilities of the service.
• Participate in the team's educational efforts with trainees and medical staff in all areas of pediatric palliative care, including but not limited to appropriate pain and symptom management, grief, and interdisciplinary approaches to caring for children and families facing serious illness.
• Assist in educational, research and advocacy efforts for children with complex chronic and/or life-threatening conditions.

What We Offer:

• Competitive base compensation in the top quartile of the market
• Annual incentive compensation that values clinical activity, academic accomplishments and quality improvement
• Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
• Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match, 457 retirement savings plans
• Licensure, CME and dues allowance
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• An innovative, collegial environment with supportive leadership
• An organization-wide commitment to developing the healthiest workforce in the nation through a robust and wholistic network of wellness/well-being resources and initiatives.

Qualifications:

• MD, DO or equivalent clinical doctoral degree from an accredited medical school
• Completion of an ACGME Accredited Pediatric Residency Program and a Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program
• Board Certification in Pediatric Medicine and Board Eligibility/ Certification in Palliative Medicine
• Eligibility to obtain valid DEA and Medical licensure in the state of Delaware
• An academic record commensurate with appointment at the rank of Assistant, Associate or full Professor

To Apply and/or Learn More
For confidential consideration, please apply below.
Have questions regarding the position? Click here to contact Jessica N. Vega, Senior Physician Recruiter.
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About Us
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 .

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