The posting
Job Description
Join our collegial, high-performing PICU team at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando. You'll care for critically ill children in our 28-bed PICU alongside a multidisciplinary team known for excellent outcomes, teaching, and teamwork. This position follows a variable schedule with day, night, and weekend coverage. New-to-practice APPs are encouraged to apply. You'll be supported with structured onboarding, mentorship, and training.
What you'll do
- Practice top of scope in a high-functioning, autonomous role
- Collaborate with the Pediatric Intensivists as partners in care
- Obtain patient and family histories and perform physical and developmental assessments
- Make diagnoses and help develop management plans
- Perform invasive procedures and obtain specialist consultations
- Teach and counsel patients and families
- Educate the immediate bedside team, resident and fellow physicians, and APP Students and Fellows
- Complete appropriate documentation
What we offer
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits: health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability coverage
- Retirement plan with employer match
- CME allowance and paid time off to attend conferences
- Paid licensure, DEA, and malpractice coverage
- Clinical mentorship, recognized APP training, and opportunities for career advancement and recognition, including a monthly APP Professional Practice Program for new APPs
- A culture that supports well-being, work-life balance, and long-term career growth
Qualifications
- Active, unrestricted Florida APRN or PA license in good standing
- American Heart Association BLS and PALS certification
- Preferred: PNP-AC certification and pediatric APP experience (intensive care, transport, acute care, or emergency medicine)
Advanced Practice at Nemours: APPs are a valued part of our multidisciplinary teams across Nemours, working in nearly all clinical departments and divisions in all three of our regions. Our APPs help ensure children and families receive safe, high-quality, evidence-based care. They assess, diagnose, treat, and manage illnesses, prescribe medications, order diagnostic studies, perform clinical procedures, and take part in research. As APP roles continue to grow, so do our training, advancement, mentorship, and recognition opportunities. New APPs also have access to a monthly APP Professional Practice Program that covers role transition, documentation, billing, wellness, and quality improvement. Central Florida offers additional training and post-graduate options for NP and PA careers.
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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.
At Nemours Children's, our physicians collaborate across specialties, practices, and hospital settings to deliver care that is among the safest, most compassionate, and most advanced in pediatric medicine. As part of a fully integrated health system with strong academic partnerships, we are focused on achieving exceptional outcomes across every specialty.
We continuously measure and improve outcomes to ensure consistent, top-tier care for children and families. Our culture supports professional growth, collaboration, and innovation while advancing our mission to create the healthiest generations of children.
We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to creating a strong sense of belonging for patients, families, and team members alike. Nemours is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida is a 130-bed, state-of-the-art pediatric hospital located in Lake Nona Medical City, one of the nation’s premier health and life sciences communities.
In the 2025–2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings, the hospital is nationally ranked in diabetes and endocrinology, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery, and pediatric behavioral health.
An accredited Graduate Medical Education site and partner of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Nemours continues a multimillion-dollar expansion in Orlando to increase specialty programs, surgical services, and access for Florida’s rapidly growing pediatric population.
Orlando, FL/Lake Nona Medical City
Lake Nona is one of the nation's fastest-growing, master-planned communities and a premier destination for healthcare innovation. Home to Medical City, it brings together top hospitals, research institutions, and technology companies in one collaborative ecosystem.
Residents enjoy modern residential neighborhoods, A-rated schools, championship golf courses, state-of-the-art sports and performance facilities, and a vibrant dining and retail scene. With year-round sunshine, close proximity to Orlando International Airport and world-renowned attractions, Lake Nona offers an unmatched combination of professional opportunity, wellness, and lifestyle.
