What are the responsibilities and job description for the NP, Pediatric Hospitalist, Elkton, MD position at ChristianaCare?
Job Details
ChristianaCare is looking for a Pediatric Hospitalist APC to join our Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) program and provide family-centered and evidence-based care to ChristianaCare’s neonates in the Delivery Room, Well-Baby Unit, rounding coverage, and consults at Union Hospital. Our mission is twofold: to provide exceptional care for children, and to provide an exceptional work environment for our faculty and staff.
Program Highlights:
ChristianaCare is one of the country's most dynamic health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, three hospitals (1,300 beds), a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health. We rank 21st in the nation for hospital admissions and 6th for admission of stroke patients.
ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit teaching health system with more than 290 residents and fellows. We are continually ranked by US News & World Report as a Best Hospital. With our unique, data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.
Benefits of living in the Delaware Valley:
Working for ChristianaCare offers the best of urban and suburban living with multiple housing options, excellent restaurants and entertainment venues, quality public and private schools and a short driving distance to popular Delaware and New Jersey beaches. The location provides easy access to Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City - all within a short drive or train ride from Newark, DE.
When we lead with love, excellence is inevitable.
ChristianaCare is looking for a Pediatric Hospitalist APC to join our Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) program and provide family-centered and evidence-based care to ChristianaCare’s neonates in the Delivery Room, Well-Baby Unit, rounding coverage, and consults at Union Hospital. Our mission is twofold: to provide exceptional care for children, and to provide an exceptional work environment for our faculty and staff.
Program Highlights:
- New leadership team with a focus on purpose-driven multidisciplinary work, transparent communication, and both support and growth of departmental divisions.
- Clinical opportunities: serving patients in multiple settings, including delivery room, well-baby unit and consults.
- Educational opportunities: resident teaching (Pediatrics, Med-Peds, Family Medicine) and medical student (Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University) teaching.
- Career development opportunities: quality & safety, departmental and institutional committee involvement, leadership education, formal mentorship.
- Collaborative opportunities: level III NICU, ambulatory pediatrics network, Pediatric Emergency Medicine team, and both in-house and external sub-specialty consultants.
- Educational resources include: Neonatology & Pediatrics Grand Rounds, multidisciplinary SIMs, a medical library, and a 9000 sq ft SIM Center for skills training.
- Flexibility. Part-time applicants welcome. Additional compensation for nocturnist work.
- Competitive total compensation package. CME. Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
ChristianaCare is one of the country's most dynamic health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, three hospitals (1,300 beds), a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health. We rank 21st in the nation for hospital admissions and 6th for admission of stroke patients.
ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit teaching health system with more than 290 residents and fellows. We are continually ranked by US News & World Report as a Best Hospital. With our unique, data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.
Benefits of living in the Delaware Valley:
Working for ChristianaCare offers the best of urban and suburban living with multiple housing options, excellent restaurants and entertainment venues, quality public and private schools and a short driving distance to popular Delaware and New Jersey beaches. The location provides easy access to Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City - all within a short drive or train ride from Newark, DE.
When we lead with love, excellence is inevitable.
Post End DateDec 26, 2025
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