Description
We’re seeking a Board-Certified/Board-Eligible Pediatric Surgeon to join Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida working with two other pediatric surgeons at a partner hospital, Lakeland Regional Health, in Lakeland, Florida – located 35 miles from Tampa and less than 60 miles from downtown Orlando and the Orlando International Airport.
One of the largest hospitals in Florida with 892 beds and an award-winning workplace that is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report as high performing in seven adult specialties in 2024-25, Lakeland Regional Health is a comprehensive tertiary referral hospital operating a Level II Trauma Center, a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the nation’s busiest single-site Emergency Department. Nemours services at Lakeland Regional Health include Nemours Children’s Health Inpatient services: Cardiology and MFM Consults, PICU and General Surgery Medical Directorship services, and Neurology. Outpatient services provided by Nemours Children’s Health include Pediatric Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Urology, and Maternal Fetal Medicine.
In 2018, Lakeland Regional Health opened the Carol Jenkins Barnett Pavilion for Women and Children, a $275 million dollar project with 300,000 square feet of state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient space. The Pavilion offers 17 private suites for labor, delivery, recovery and high-risk antepartum care, 4 C-section surgery suites, and Polk County’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, with 30 private NICU rooms. The 30-bed Pediatric floor includes a 12-bed high-acuity Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, featuring space for family members who need to stay overnight. The Pediatric Surgery Department has 3 pediatric surgery suites, a 10-bed post-anesthesia care unit and a 17-bed pre/post operative unit. There are two additional 32-bed patient care units for antepartum, mother/baby, women’s surgery and medical/surgical patient needs.
This position will receive backup from the four Pediatric Surgeons based at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida, just 52 miles away. Call will be 1:3 with opportunities to participate in research and in the Pediatric Residency program.
Nemours Children’s Health offers a competitive salary and benefits package, and employed physicians qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
About Nemours Children’s Health
Building on the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, Nemours Children's Health is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the country and the only one with two state-of-the-art freestanding children’s hospitals. Everything Nemours Children’s Health does – medical care, research, education, and prevention and advocacy efforts – is focused on kids.
As an internationally recognized, multi-state, multi-site pediatric health system with a network of more than 95 locations in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, Nemours Children’s Health cares for more than 480,000 children annually, trains more than 1,800 residents, fellows and medical students each year, and conducts more than 240 active research projects and clinical trials and has more than 270 million people turn to Nemours KidsHealth.org each year to learn more about children’s health.
About Lakeland
Named for its 38 stunning lakes, U.S. News & World Report ranks Lakeland #11 on its Best Places to Live in Florida list and #22 on its Best Places to Retire list in 2024-25. With its perfect balance of natural beauty, Old Florida history and proximity to Orlando, Tampa and the coast, the city also was recognized as #20 on U-Haul’s 2023 list of Top 25 U.S. Growth Cities offering a great place to live and practice.
Often called “Swan City” due to its sizable population of swans – descendants of two swans gifted to the city by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 – Lakeland also boasts the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world at Florida Southern College, which attracts 30,000 visitors each year and is designated by the National Park Service as a National Historic Landmark.
With a metro population of 713,148, Lakeland offers a balance of small-town living and resort-style amenities with an outdoor lifestyle. For growing families, there are 29 public elementary, middle and high schools and 44 private schools, and 13 area high schools are recognized on U.S. News & World Report’s Best High Schools rankings.
And as a resident of Florida, you’ll pay no state income tax!
How to apply
For complete details and confidential consideration, please forward your CV and cover letter to:
Glenda Church Smith, Principal
Pediatric Search Partners
877-440-3832 Telephone
214-850-3094 Text
Email: glenda@pediatricsearchpartners.com
