As one of the nation’s leading pediatric health care systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 300,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nemours strives to ensure a healthier tomorrow for all children – even those who may never enter our doors – through our world-changing research, education and advocacy efforts. At Nemours, our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own. 

Provides care for pediatric patients, including interview of patients, obtains and records health histories, completes physical and developmental assessments, diagnoses health problems, manages the health care of those patients for which he/she has been educated, provides surgical first-assist services, provides health care teaching and counseling, initiates referrals and maintains health records in the inpatient and/or outpatient settings.

Essential Functions:

• Provides care to pediatric patients as guided by education, clinical expertise and Scope of Practice Agreement, including ambulatory, inpatient (acute) care, surgical first assist, pre- and post-operative management. 
• Provides around-the-clock in-house medical management in an acute or intensive care environment.
• Elicits comprehensive or focused/interval health history(ies).
• Performs complete or interim physical examinations as indicated by the nature of the encounter
• Orders, performs, and/or interprets diagnostic or screening tests, including laboratory, radiological or other tests within the PA scope of practice.
• Plans interventions including medications, treatments and procedures, and modifies plans based on evaluation of patient response. 
• Initiates, monitors, alters or orders medications related to conditions or illnesses being treated within applicable divisions.

Requirements:

• Successful completion of Accredited PA program
• National Physician Assistant Certification within 90 days of employment
• Florida Licensure as a Physician Assistant (temp or permanent) required upon hire
• BLS required upon hire, PALS within 90 days of hire
• Prior healthcare/patient care experience strongly preferred
• Experience working with Pediatrics or Child Health preferred

Our dedication to professionals who are dedicated to children frequently earns Nemours a spot on the list of top workplaces in the communities we serve. Our Associates enjoy comprehensive benefits, including our unique “Bridge to a Healthy Future” pediatric health plan, an integrated wellness program, opportunities for professional growth, and much more. As an equal opportunity employer, Nemours focuses on the best-qualified applicants for our openings.