Advanced Practice Provider - Sedation Team; MAST

Seattle Children’s Anesthesiology Department is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Mobile Anesthesia Sedation Team (MAST). This dynamic, all-APP team provides mild and moderate sedation for a variety of procedures across the hospital, radiology, and ambulatory patient areas.

• Procedural Sedation:
  Provide comprehensive, hands-on patient care throughout the entire continuum of mild and moderate sedation for pediatric procedures.
• Acute Clinical Interventions:
  Utilize critical and acute care provider experience to perform essential clinical skills, including starting IVs, administering medications, and continuously monitoring airways.
• Pre- and Post-Sedation Assessment:
  Evaluate pediatric patients prior to procedures to ensure they are appropriate candidates for sedation, and manage recovery to ensure safe discharge or transfer.
• Multidisciplinary
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner seamlessly with physicians, nurses, and technologists across radiology, ambulatory clinics, and inpatient areas to facilitate smooth and safe procedural workflows.
• Family Education & Support:
  Educate patients and families on the sedation process, addressing anxiety, minimizing the stress of needles/procedures, and providing clear recovery instructions.
• Safety & Quality:
  Adhere to rigorous pediatric anesthesia safety protocols and participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives within the MAST service.
• Ideal Candidate:
  The ideal candidate brings prior provider experience in a critical or acute care setting, with demonstrated expertise in core clinical procedures—including starting IVs, administering medications, and monitoring and managing pediatric airways.

• Clinical Excellence:
  Practice in a U.S. News & World Report top-ranked pediatric hospital within a Magnet-recognized nursing organization.
• APP-Led Autonomy:
  Join a specialized, all-APP service model dedicated specifically to the delivery of high-quality, safe procedural sedation.
• Work-Life Balance & Flexible FTE:
  Enjoy scheduling flexibility with customizable FTE options ranging from 0.25 to 0.6 FTE. This range can easily accommodate a split role for an APP currently practicing in another department within Seattle Children’s; external candidates joining Seattle Children’s are required to take a 0.6 FTE role.
• Location & Deployment Deployment is mobile across Seattle Children’s main hospital campus, providing point-of-care sedation directly in various procedural, radiology, and ambulatory spaces where patients need it most.

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.

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

• Two years experience in advanced practice provider…