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Seattle Children’s Hospital is seeking a skilled and compassionate Advanced Practice Provider (Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner) to join our world-renowned Craniofacial Center for a limited-term position. As part of the largest craniofacial team in the nation—comprising more than 50 pediatric specialists across 19 disciplines, you will provide comprehensive care to patients with complex congenital and acquired conditions from birth through age 21.

In this limited-term role, you will assume primary responsibility for the clinical management of pediatric patients across a full spectrum of care environments, including ambulatory clinics, the operating room, the emergency department, and inpatient units.

Key Responsibilities

As a Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery APP, your day-to-day will involve a dynamic mix of clinical, procedural, and collaborative duties:

• Clinical Management: Obtain comprehensive patient histories, perform detailed physical examinations, and develop evidence-based treatment plans for complex conditions (such as cleft lip and palate, craniosynostosis, Robin sequence, and facial microsomia).
• Diagnostics & Treatment: Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests (including advanced 3-D imaging and genetic screenings). Safely prescribe medications and manage therapies tailored to pediatric surgical needs.
• Surgical & Procedural Support: Perform specialized procedures and provide vital pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative support across outpatient, inpatient, and operating room settings. Assist with innovative therapies like nasoalveolar molding (NAM) and distraction osteogenesis.
• Continuum of Care: Direct and participate in comprehensive case management, prenatal counseling, and continuing care transitions for patients and families traveling from across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Partner closely with an expansive network of craniofacial pediatricians, plastic surgeons, oral/maxillofacial surgeons, and orthodontists to deliver safe, integrated, and high-quality care.
• Quality & Innovation: Contribute actively to organizational and departmental continuous performance, outcomes research, and clinical quality improvement projects.
• Education & Research: Participate in clinical research efforts and provide meaningful education and cleft/feeding instruction to patients, families, and fellow healthcare team members.

Learn More About Our Team

To discover more about our groundbreaking treatments, our multidisciplinary clinics, and the inspiring pediatric patient families we serve every day, explore the Seattle Children's Craniofacial Center.

Required Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in nursing with a concentration in a pediatric or family nurse practitioner program OR graduate of a nationally accredited physician assistant program.
• One year work experience in a pediatric or family focused clinical area.

Required Credentials:

For Nurse Practitioners:

• Active, unencumbered registered nurse and advanced registered nurse practitioner licensure in the State of Washington.
• Current national certification as a pediatric or family nurse practitioner

For Physician Assistants:

• Active, unencumbered physician assistant licensure in the State of Washington
• Initial certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

For All Providers:

Active Drug Enforcement Authority registration

Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Professionals is required at time of hire and to be maintained continuously throughout employment. American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) will also be accepted in lieu of BLS for Healthcare Professionals.

Some clinical locations may require American Heart Association Pediatric Life Support training and continuous maintenance of certification.

Active clinical privileges as an Allied Health Provider at Seattle Children's Hospital must be secured prior to time of hire and must be maintained in good standing and in compliance with all medical staff bylaws, continuously throughout employment.

Preferred:

• Two years experience in advanced practice provider role
• Two years experience in pediatric health care

Compensation Range

$137,321 - $201,961 per year

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.