Seattle Children’s is seeking a compassionate and skilled Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) or Psychiatry-Trained Physician Assistant to join our multidisciplinary South Clinic team. This unique role offers the opportunity to practice across the continuum of care, providing stability and specialized support for children and adolescents navigating various levels of mental health acuity.
In this position, your time will be balanced equally between two vital areas:
50% Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP): Working with patients who require intensive, daily psychiatric stabilization.
50% Outpatient Psychiatry: Managing long-term care through both in-person and telepsychiatry visits.
Key Responsibilities
As a core member of our behavioral health team, you will provide high-quality, developmentally informed, and family-centered care. Your daily impact will include:
Direct Clinical Care: Conducting psychiatric evaluations, obtaining comprehensive patient histories, and performing physical assessments for pediatric patients.
Medical Management: Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing psychotropic medications, and monitoring treatment efficacy in accordance with clinical guidelines.
Collaborative Practice: Partnering closely with attending child psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, and social workers to provide a holistic treatment approach.
Administrative Excellence: Maintaining timely, accurate documentation within the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and contributing to departmental quality improvement initiatives.
Advocacy & Education: Participating in the education and training of patients, families, and clinic staff to improve mental health literacy and outcomes.
Why Seattle Children’s?
We offer a collaborative, supportive environment where your expertise is valued. Our South Clinic team is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that our providers reflect the diverse communities we serve.
Learn More
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Seattle Children's South Clinic
Required Education/Experience:
Master's degree as Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 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
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:
$144,449 - $212,444 per year
*This position is eligible for relocation for qualified candidates.*
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.
Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants
This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.
Benefits Information
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. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits.
About Us
Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s – to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE
Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay. Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are honored to be one of the nation’s very best places to care for children and the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
As a Magnet designated institution, we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity and Innovation. Whether it’s delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner, practicing the highest standards of quality and safety, or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases, these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.
Our Commitment
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 Affirmative Action Employer.