Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Casual/PRN

Nemours Children's Health

Wilmington, Delaware

Posted Mar 20

Pay: Not posted
License: NP license
Term: Per Diem

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License: PNP: Active Delaware Registered Nurse Licensure, Active unrestricted Delaware Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Licensure; DE Prescriptive Authority; DE Federal DEA; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification via National Certification Center; BLS and NRP Check your license
License: PA-C: Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in the state of Delaware; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants; Delaware Prescriptive Authority; Delaware Federal DEA; BLS and NRP Check your license
Also asks: Excellent written, phone, and interpersonal communication skills are required.
Also asks: Interested applicants should possess the ability to function at a high level in an interprofessional team environment as well as an independent provider.
Also asks: If you’re looking for a position that will allow you to enjoy a work-life balance, have an opportunity for professional growth, and focus on pediatric care, this is the opportunity for you.
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Nemours Children's Health is one of the largest integrated pediatric health systems in the United States, distinguished as the only children's health system in the country with two freestanding children's hospitals — one in Wilmington, Delaware and one in Florida.…

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Nemours Children’s Health- Delaware Valley is seeking a casual or per diem Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in the St. Francis Hospital location. This APP will function in both an independent and expanded collaborative role by planning and providing comprehensive, complete management of a primary caseload of critically ill infants and their families. This position includes attendance in the delivery room for high-risk deliveries and as needed upon request. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in all phases of practice are required.

What We Offer

Nemours offers its Associates a competitive salary and a robust benefits package that includes health/life/dental/vision for Associates and their dependents a wellness program CME days and dollars 403(b) with employer match licensure and dues allowance after hire tuition reimbursement adoption assistance and 6 weeks of Paternity leave

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Excellent written, phone, and interpersonal communication skills are required. Interested applicants should possess the ability to function at a high level in an interprofessional team environment as well as an independent provider. PNP: Active Delaware Registered Nurse Licensure, Active unrestricted Delaware Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Licensure; DE Prescriptive Authority; DE Federal DEA; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification via National Certification Center; BLS and NRP PA-C: Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in the state of Delaware; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants; Delaware Prescriptive Authority; Delaware Federal DEA; BLS and NRP If you’re looking for a position that will allow you to enjoy a work-life balance, have an opportunity for professional growth, and focus on pediatric care, this is the opportunity for you. #LI-KC1 NANNblast2026

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In Wilmington, DE

Wilmington, DEFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent: $1,224/mo
Household income: $58,671/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Wilmington, DE

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals who want city life typically land in Trolley Square (Victorian rowhouses, walkable bars and dining), Little Italy, Cool Spring, and Hilltop, or in Downtown mid- and high-rise apartments and office conversions along Market Street and Delaware Avenue. The Highlands is the premium old-house district—grand stone homes, park views, and museum culture up by Rockford Park—while Trinity Vicinity has historic brick rowhouses and riverside parks, and the 9th Ward Area is the Craftsman-house, tree-lined-boulevard buy. North of the city, Bellefonte and Claymont are the usual recommendations, with Pike Creek and North Wilmington the suburban family band around a $350k budget; Governors House is a budget-friendly condo community with U.S. 13 and I-495 access. Columbia Place is a newer active-adult community with clubhouse, fitness center, and walking paths, Westhampton appears on local best-of lists, and Newark and historic New Castle are the nearby-town alternatives.

Nurses and young professionals who want city life typically land in Trolley Square (Victorian rowhouses, walkable bars and dining), Little Italy, Cool Spring, and Hilltop, or in Downtown mid- and high-rise apartments and office conversions along Market Street and Delaware Avenue. The Highlands is the premium old-house district—grand stone homes, park views, and museum culture up by Rockford Park—while Trinity Vicinity has historic brick rowhouses and riverside parks, and the 9th Ward Area is the Craftsman-house, tree-lined-boulevard buy.

North of the city, Bellefonte and Claymont are the usual recommendations, with Pike Creek and North Wilmington the suburban family band around a $350k budget; Governors House is a budget-friendly condo community with U.S. 13 and I-495 access. Columbia Place is a newer active-adult community with clubhouse, fitness center, and walking paths, Westhampton appears on local best-of lists, and Newark and historic New Castle are the nearby-town alternatives.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: theoldfathergroup.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: trulia.com

Getting aroundWilmington sits on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor; Downtown residents can walk to the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station for Amtrak and SEPTA Regional Rail to Philadelphia in about 30 minutes, and DART First State buses converge on Rodney Square, so a car-free downtown life is possible. I-95 cuts through the middle of the city, U.S. 13 and I-495 serve the eastern condo side, and the average commute is about 19.9 minutes, but DART and SEPTA coverage and frequency drop outside peak hours, so most people still keep a car. Downtown street parking is metered and tight; a garage is the practical default. Philadelphia is about 30 minutes by train or car, Baltimore about an hour by car (about 1.5 hours by train), Washington, D.C. about two hours, New York about 1.5 hours by train, and the Delaware beaches about an hour 20 minutes south on Route 1.

Wilmington sits on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor; Downtown residents can walk to the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station for Amtrak and SEPTA Regional Rail to Philadelphia in about 30 minutes, and DART First State buses converge on Rodney Square, so a car-free downtown life is possible. I-95 cuts through the middle of the city, U.S. 13 and I-495 serve the eastern condo side, and the average commute is about 19.9 minutes, but DART and SEPTA coverage and frequency drop outside peak hours, so most people still keep a car.

Downtown street parking is metered and tight; a garage is the practical default. Philadelphia is about 30 minutes by train or car, Baltimore about an hour by car (about 1.5 hours by train), Washington, D.C. about two hours, New York about 1.5 hours by train, and the Delaware beaches about an hour 20 minutes south on Route 1.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: theoldfathergroup.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: realestate.usnews.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: apartmentguide.com

OutdoorsBrandywine Park is Delaware’s largest urban park at 178 acres, on the National Historic Register since 1976, with wooded trails, formal gardens, sculptures, a sports stadium, and Brandywine Zoo in the heart of the city. Rockford Park has a 100-year-old stone tower, tennis, and wooded paths; Alapocas Run State Park has mature woodlands, blue granite cliffs, and Blue Ball Barn; Bellevue State Park has a DuPont mansion, fishing pond, and trails; Brandywine Creek State Park has miles of hiking and fishing. The Riverfront’s two-mile riverwalk along the Christina River leads to the DuPont Environmental Education Center’s freshwater tidal marsh; the city lists more than 70 parks, plus the accessible Can-Do Playground. Delaware beaches are about an hour 20 minutes to an hour and a half south.

Brandywine Park is Delaware’s largest urban park at 178 acres, on the National Historic Register since 1976, with wooded trails, formal gardens, sculptures, a sports stadium, and Brandywine Zoo in the heart of the city. Rockford Park has a 100-year-old stone tower, tennis, and wooded paths; Alapocas Run State Park has mature woodlands, blue granite cliffs, and Blue Ball Barn; Bellevue State Park has a DuPont mansion, fishing pond, and trails; Brandywine Creek State Park has miles of hiking and fishing.

The Riverfront’s two-mile riverwalk along the Christina River leads to the DuPont Environmental Education Center’s freshwater tidal marsh; the city lists more than 70 parks, plus the accessible Can-Do Playground. Delaware beaches are about an hour 20 minutes to an hour and a half south.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: visitwilmingtonde.com Source 2: koa.com Source 3: choosewilmingtonde.org Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: apartmentguide.com

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Living in Wilmington

Wilmington sits where the Christina meets the Brandywine: a compact banking city on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor, about 30 minutes from Philadelphia, with no sales tax and median home values around $260,000. That is the real draw—East Coast access without East Coast housing. Walkable nights mean Trolley Square’s Victorian rowhouses and bars, or a downtown conversion near the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station, the Grand Opera House, and tables at Bardea, Deco, or Le Cavalier in the Hotel du Pont; after 5 p.m. the office sidewalks empty. Buying usually means The Highlands’ stone houses, Rockford Park, 9th Ward Craftsman streets, or suburban Claymont, Bellefonte, and Pike Creek. Days off run to Brandywine Park’s 178 acres and zoo, the two-mile Christina riverwalk, Alapocas Run’s granite cliffs, and free Clifford Brown Jazz Festival nights at Rodney Square; beaches sit about an hour 20 minutes down Route 1. Tradeoffs: DART and SEPTA thin off-peak so most people drive I-95, medical appointments can take weeks, and downtown is more workplace than neighborhood after dark.

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As of 2026Source 1: theoldfathergroup.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: realestate.usnews.com Source 4: koa.com Source 5: choosewilmingtonde.org Source 6: facebook.com Source 7: youtube.com Source 8: apartmentguide.com

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