Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant ID-12212

The Mission of Seattle Children’s Acute Care Pediatric APP fellowship’s is to support newly graduated APPs to successfully enter their practice in a complex, highly collaborative pediatric setting. The APP fellowship is a 12-month limited term position which includes precepted clinical practice, multidisciplinary, comprehensive didactics, and simulation training.


Seattle Children’s has a diverse and often complex patient population across the healthcare continuum. We strive to be an inclusive community that represents our patients. Our APP fellowship is essential to our commitment to train the next generation of caregivers to meet the needs of our patient population.
Fellowship training goals include:

 

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis up to 12 months in advance of a cohort start date. In order for an application to be considered for a specific cohort, it must be submitted by the closing date listed below, and candidate must be eligible to have proof of board certification 12-14 weeks prior to start date.

Upcoming cohorts and dates:

 

September 2025 Cohort
Start date: September 29, 2025
Application close date: April 14, 2025


January 2026 Cohort

Start date: January 20, 2026
Application close date: August 18, 2025

 

In addition, please submit the following to Janna Weiss (janna.weiss@seattlechildrens.org):

A professional resume

Two letters of recommendation (please attach PDF copies):
One from a professor or clinical instructor
One from a current or former supervisor
Essay to include the following:
One paragraph describing why you are interested in participating in a fellowship program.
Provide us with a Statement of Purpose – up to 500 words
  • Your application will not be considered without submission of these items

 


Fellow-Nurse Practitioner

Master's degree or higher in nursing with a concentration in a pediatric or family nurse practitioner program.

One year work experience in a pediatric or family focused clinical area.

Acute care pediatric nursing experience strongly preferred.

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 Drug Enforcement Authority registration.

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Active clinical privileges as an Allied Health Provider, Seattle Children's Hospital.

Prior to start of employment, must obtain, and maintain in good standing, medical or allied health professional staff privileges that are not limited, revoked, suspended, conditioned, or probationary, except for normal probationary periods due to initial appointment. All medical and allied health professional staff members are provisional for the first year.

Any and all medical or allied health professional staff privileges at Children's will terminate automatically upon the termination of the individual's employment at Children's. Termination of employment does not prohibit the individual from seeking medical or allied health professional staff privileges at Children's as a non-employee in any category for which the individual qualifies. Questions regarding medical or allied health professional staff privileges may be directed to Medical Staff Services.

 

Fellow - Physician Assistant

Graduate of a nationally accredited physician assistant program.

One year work experience in a health care role, preferably with a strong pediatric component..

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.

Basic Life Support (BLS).

Active clinical privileges as an Allied Health Provider, Seattle Children's Hospital.

Prior to start of employment, must obtain, and maintain in good standing, medical or allied health professional staff privileges that are not limited, revoked, suspended, conditioned, or probationary, except for normal probationary periods due to initial appointment. All medical and allied health professional staff members are provisional for the first year.

Any and all medical or allied health professional staff privileges at Children's will terminate automatically upon the termination of the individual's employment at Children's; for this term limited position, the Fellow's privileges will terminate with the pre-determined end of the position, as noted in the offer letter from Human Resources. If a permanent position is offered and accepted, the application for privileges will be processed as a reappointment to the medical staff.

 

Compensation Range

$116,821 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

 

As one of the nation's top five pediatric research centers, Seattle Children's Research Institute is dedicated to providing hope, care, and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.

 

Our investigators are involved in hundreds of projects that cover every phase of research, from studying how diseases work to improving investigational therapies. They have pioneered groundbreaking cystic fibrosis treatments and cutting-edge cancer therapies that help a child's immune system defeat cancer, and made other major contributions to pediatric medicine.

 

Researchers work in close collaboration with one another, their colleagues at partner institutions including the University of Washington and Fred Hutch and our healthcare providers at Seattle Children's Hospital, one of U.S. News & World Report’s top children's hospitals. This collaboration is one of our key strengths, allowing our faculty to draw on a variety of disciplines and techniques as they pursue solutions to some of medicine's most complex problems.

 

We are committed to not only treating disease but to eliminating it. Help us achieve our vision of being a worldwide leader in pediatric research aimed to improve the health and well-being of children. If you are interested in a challenging career aimed at groundbreaking research, Seattle Children's Research Institute is the place for you.


Our Commitment to Diversity

Our community welcomes diverse experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our increasingly diverse patients and families. Our organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes 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 within this community, which cultivates and promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion at all levels.

 

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

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