Advanced Practice Provider, Pediatric Acute Care

Join Our Pediatric Acute Care Team—Where 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 You’ll 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 You’ll 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.

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

Scheduling That’s 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 Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

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

• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care (CPNP-PC) - 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)

• Family Nurse Practitioner Certification (FNP-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

• Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certification (PPCNP-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

• 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 children’s lives!

SSM Health’s healing legacy originated in St. Louis, Missouri over 150 years ago where five nuns, known as the Sisters of St. Mary’s, were called to aid and heal in God’s 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.

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