Advanced Practice Provider - Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

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.

• 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.

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

• Active Drug Enforcement Authority registration.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Professionals is required at time of hire and must 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.

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

$137,321 - $201,961 per year

Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Seattle Children’s welcomes people of all experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

The people who work at Seattle Children’s are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves.

Seattle Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affimative Action Employer.