Advanced Practice Provider, Pediatric Acute Care Job at SSM Health, Saint Louis, MO

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  • SSM Health
  • Saint Louis, MO

Job Description

Join Our Pediatric Acute Care TeamWhere Your Work Makes a Real Difference

Are you passionate about pediatric acute care and energized by fast-paced, collaborative environments? Join SSM Health and discover a meaningful opportunity to grow, learn, and make a genuine impact with every shift.

Where Youll Practice:

This role offers variety and challenge across multiple pediatric acute care settings, including:

  • A high-acuity Emergency Department located on the SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital campus
  • Two Urgent Care locations:
    • North County
    • South County

Each site presents a unique patient population, ensuring a well-rounded and challenging clinical experience.

What Youll Do:

In collaboration with physicians and clinical leaders, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for pediatric patients presenting with a wide range of acute conditions. These may include serious injuries and neurological, respiratory, cardiac, gastrointestinal, gynecologic, or psychiatric issues that require urgent medical or surgical intervention.

Youll practice at the top of your license while being fully supported by experienced colleagues and interdisciplinary staff.

Scheduling Thats Structured - but Flexible:

  • Full-time: 0.8 FTE (32 hours/week)
  • Paid hourly with available shift differentials
  • Incentive shifts offered for last-minute coverage needs

Thoughtful Onboarding & Growth:

  • Structured orientation, starting with in-depth Emergency Department training and followed by Urgent Care exposure
  • No expectation to practice independently in Urgent Care until at least six months, giving you time to build confidence and expertise

Requirements:

  • Graduate degree from an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

  • One year of nursing experience as a nurse practitioner or two years of registered nurse experience in a pediatric acute care setting

Required Professional License and/or Certifications:

State of Work Location: Missouri

  • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

  • And Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

  • And

    • Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration (Within 6 Months

    • Or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State (Within 6 Months)

  • And one of the following:

    • Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care (CPNP-AC) - Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)

    • Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

    • Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certification (ENP) - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

  • And Nurse Practitioner - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply today and take the next step in making a lasting impact on childrens lives!

SSM Healths healing legacy originated in St. Louis, Missouri over 150 years ago where five nuns, known as the Sisters of St. Marys, were called to aid and heal in Gods name. Since those humble beginnings, SSM Health has grown to become one of the largest Catholic not-for-profit integrated health systems serving the Midwest. Today, our healing ministry includes over 15,000 providers and approximately 40,000 team members, all working together with a shared Mission to deliver exceptional healthcare services that reveal the healing presence of God across Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

With 23 hospitals, 9 post-acute care centers, and over 490 physician offices and specialty care clinics spread across four states, SSM Health offers a world of opportunities where clinicians can do a world of good. Whether youre seeking to heal, teach, learn, lead, connect, or discover, theres a place within SSM Health for you to thrive.

Home to the famed Gateway Arch, St. Louis is one of the most livable cities in the country. This sprawling metropolitan mecca features a large variety of neighborhoods and communities spanning six counties. With an affordable housing market, trendy neighborhoods like Cherokee Street and Delmar Loop, and the booming economic landscape of the city make this one of the most attractive cities for young professionals. There is more to do per square mile in St. Louis than in any other city in the state. With restaurants, parks, recreation, cultural activities and sporting events, theres always something to do or see here.

SSM Health is committed to equal employment opportunity based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, and all other statuses protected by law. To view all of our current provider career opportunities, visit joinssmhealth.com.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time, Flexible hours, Shift work

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