Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

About the role

The Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware seeks a visionary physician leader to serve as Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Reporting directly to Department Chair David Brousseau, MD, MS, the chief will provide strategic vision and leadership for all divisional missions.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic vision and leadership to strengthen the clinical, operational, and academic performance of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
• Ensure fiscal stewardship and effective operational management of divisional resources.
• Advance the division’s academic, research, quality improvement, and scholarly missions.
• Lead faculty recruitment, retention, engagement, mentorship, and professional development.
• Promote excellence in patient care, quality, safety, and service.
• Support and enhance clinical education and training for medical students, residents, fellows, and advanced practice providers.
• Collaborate with hospital, departmental, and enterprise leadership to achieve strategic goals and support organizational growth.

Qualifications

• Hold an MD or DO (or equivalent clinical doctoral degree).
• Be board-certified in Pediatric Hospital Medicine or Pediatrics.
• Eligible for licensure in Delaware.
• Have an academic record commensurate with appointment at the Associate Professor or Professor level.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to academic medicine, education, and scholarly activity.
• Proven leadership in inpatient pediatric care delivery, with direct responsibility for clinical operations, quality and safety performance, staffing and coverage models, and patient throughput.
• Experience leading care model innovation and system-level redesign, including the development of sustainable hospital medicine programs, operational efficiencies, and scalable inpatient care models that support growth.
• Strong administrative leadership experience, financial and operational acumen, and collaborative skills necessary to lead a multidisciplinary division while fostering physician engagement, faculty development, and organizational alignment.

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation: Base salary and annual incentives recognizing clinical, academic, and quality achievements.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Retirement Planning: 403B with employer match and 457 plans.
• Relocation Support: Mortgage assistance and relocation packages.
• Work-Life Balance: Six weeks of paid family leave.
• Professional Development: CME, licensure and dues allowances.
• Additional Benefits: Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; no Delaware state sales tax.

About Nemours Children’s Health

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.