Advanced Practiced Provider - Solid Organ Transplant

About this role

Seattle Children’s is seeking a highly skilled Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our premier Transplant Center team. This is a dynamic, high-impact role managing pediatric solid organ transplant candidates, recipients, and living donors across the care continuum—including pre-transplant evaluation, waitlist management, acute inpatient care, perioperative stabilization, and long-term outpatient follow-up.

Key Responsibilities • Comprehensive Solid Organ Transplant Care: Provide expert, family-centered medical and surgical management for pediatric patients undergoing Kidney and Liver Transplants , spanning from infancy through young adulthood.

• Pre-Transplant Evaluation & Waitlist Management: Conduct thorough pre-transplant evaluations, participate in multidisciplinary candidate selection committees, and oversee waitlisted patients across our 6-state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and Hawaii).

• Immunosuppression & Infection Management: Design, titrate, and monitor complex anti-rejection regimens (including steroid-minimization protocols and novel immunosuppression strategies) while proactively managing post-transplant infectious disease risks, organ rejection episodes, and secondary complications.

• Living Donor Program & Advanced Interventions: Partner with surgical and medical teams in our high-volume Living Donor Kidney and Liver Transplant Programs , utilizing advanced surgical techniques that expand access and shorten wait times for pediatric recipients.

• Transplant Triage & Acute Access: Manage acute post-transplant and waitlist clinical triage, evaluating urgent concerns (e.g., graft dysfunction, fever/infection, medication toxicity, or acute rejection) to determine necessary protocol adjustments, outpatient evaluations, or immediate hospital admission.

• Multidisciplinary Care Coordination & Transition: Collaborate seamlessly with pediatric transplant surgeons, subspeciality physicians (hepatologists, nephrologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists), transplant nurse coordinators, social workers, dietitians, and pharmacology specialists. Facilitate long-term care transitions for adolescent and young adult transplant recipients.

Why Join Our Team? • Nationally Recognized Outcomes: Practice in a center boasting some of the best survival outcomes in the nation—including 100% 1-year patient survival rates for kidney and liver transplants , a 96% 1-year survival rate for heart transplants , and recognition as one of the top 5 pediatric kidney transplant programs by volume in the U.S.

• Cutting-Edge Research & Innovation: Work alongside University of Washington faculty leading groundbreaking research in UNOS committees, high-tech medication adherence strategies, advanced organ preservation, and innovative clinical trials.

• Magnet-Recognized System: Practice at the top of your license within a Magnet-recognized nursing organization and a nationally ranked pediatric subspecialty system.

Location & Deployment This position involves both inpatient and outpatient responsibilities based primarily at our Seattle Children's Main Campus (Sand Point) with a minimal call requirement. Occasional outreach clinic involvement or regional telemedicine care may be integrated to support seamless care coordination for families traveling from across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Learn more about the Seattle Children's Transplant Center .

   Required Education and Experience: 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.

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

Preferred: Two years experience in advanced practice provider role Two years experience in pediatric health care

Compensation Range $137,321.42 - $201,961.62 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

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