Advanced Practice Provider - Neurology Headache Clinic

Nurse Practitioner Or Physician Assistant

Seattle Children's Neurosciences Center is seeking a highly skilled Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our specialized Headache Clinic team. This is a primarily clinic-based role offering the opportunity to build and maintain a strong outpatient patient panel while participating in a dynamic triage model that serves as a critical front-line connection for families, primary care providers, and hospital partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Outpatient Headache Care: Provide comprehensive, family-centered care to toddlers, children, teens, and young adults with a wide range of headache disordersincluding tension-type headaches, episodic and chronic migraines, post-traumatic headaches (concussion-related), and New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH).
• Specialized Procedures & Advanced Therapies: Administer and oversee evidence-based headache interventions, including Botox injections for chronic migraine, peripheral nerve blocks, sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) blocks (including intranasal lidocaine protocols), CGRP-targeted therapies, and non-invasive neuromodulation devices.
• Multidisciplinary Headache Clinic: Collaborate closely with attending Neurologists, pain psychologists, and clinical nurses within our specialized Multidisciplinary Headache Clinic model to manage complex, disabling, or intractable headache syndromes utilizing cognitive behavioral strategies, biofeedback integration, and comprehensive rescue/preventive plans.
• Clinical Triage & Red-Flag Assessment: Serve in an AP-led triage role, evaluating urgent patient concerns and identifying critical "red flag" neurological symptoms (e.g., morning headaches with vomiting, focal deficits, sudden-onset severe headaches) to determine the appropriate level of escalationfrom outpatient medication adjustments to urgent evaluation.
• Holistic Management & School Support: Educate patients and families on lifestyle modifications, biobehavioral strategies, dietary supplements, and medication management (acute rescue vs. daily preventive). Assist families in securing essential school support and 504 accommodations to minimize academic disruption.
• Regional Collaboration & Care Coordination: Partner with primary care providers across the Pacific Northwest, as well as allied health professionals (physical therapists, social workers, sleep specialists, and adolescent medicine experts), to provide a seamless "medical home."

Why Join Our Team?

• Clinical Excellence: Practice at the top of your license in a program consistently ranked among the nation's best pediatric neurology programs by U.S. News & World Report and a Magnet-recognized nursing organization.
• Innovation & Research: Work alongside University of Washington faculty utilizing clinical pathways, national data registries, and access to promising new treatments through clinical trials.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy scheduling flexibility within a supportive, dynamic outpatient environment.

This is a fully clinic-based position with telemedicine opportunities. While primary deployment will be at our Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center, flexibility is key; occasional coverage may be required at surrounding regional clinics (such as Seattle, Everett or Federal Way) to ensure seamless care across the Puget Sound region.

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 Support training and continuous maintenance of certification.

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:

$137,321 - $201,961 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.

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.