Nurse Practitioner - Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Seattle Children's, $141K+

Seattle Children's Hospital, a nationally ranked leader in pediatric care and home to a Top 5 Heart Transplant Program, invites expert Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to join our highly specialized Cardiac Critical Care APP team.

This is a high-impact opportunity to provide critical care to neonates, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with complex congenital and acquired heart disease. If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-stress setting and are ready for independent and interdependent practice, this is your chance to lead within the region's premier Pediatric Heart Center.

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The Role: High-Volume, High-Acuity Practice

As a Nurse Practitioner in our 24-bed CICU (average daily census of 20), you will provide direct care and assume clinical management for our most critically ill cardiac patients. Our unit performs over 500 heart surgeries and nearly 700 cardiac catheterization procedures annually.

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Key Practice Areas & Responsibilities:

• Independent Practice: Assuming independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis, initiation of treatment, and evaluation of outcomes for acute and chronic cardiac conditions.
• Procedural Skills: Performing necessary procedures as part of the critical care team.
• Specialized Expertise: Functioning as an expert provider in the management of patients requiring Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) and other complex critical care interventions.
• Collaborative Management: Jointly sharing patient care responsibilities with pediatric critical care fellows, ensuring a robust, collaborative approach.
• Beyond the Bedside: Contributing to education, consultation, research, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels.

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The Environment: Specialized & Innovative

Our Heart Center is a regional powerhouse with a large geographical reach, supported by advanced programs:

• Top Programs: Growing VAD service and a dedicated pediatric MCS transport program.
• Advanced Services: Features advanced imaging (MRI, 3D ECHO), a Single Ventricle Program, Heart Failure and Transplant services, and Hybrid/Interventional procedures.

We are looking for a dedicated Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about pediatric cardiac critical care and ready to thrive in a challenging, supportive, and highly specialized unit. Apply today to become an expert provider in the Pacific Northwest's leading pediatric heart center!