MultiCare Mary Bridge Childrens Hospital is the state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center and the only pediatric hospital in Washingtons South Sound Region dedicated to a comprehensive network of health services for children and adolescents. Our vision is to be the highest quality and safest place for children to receive care, where every child has a medical home and is supported by nationally recognized services and experience.
Mary Bridge Childrens multi-disciplinary approach to care includes pediatric experts for emergency services, inpatient care, and outpatient specialty clinics, all specializing in kids and their unique needs. Were continually recognized as a Top Childrens Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital rating organization.
0.9 FTE
Salary: $176,217 - prorated based on FTE
Position Summary
MultiCare Health System is seeking an experienced nurse practitioner (ARNP) to join our Mary Bridge Emergency Department (ED) team: Our hospital serves as one of the two level 2 pediatric trauma centers in the State of Washington and is staffed by fellowship trained Pediatric Emergency Medicine attendings, APPs and dedicated pediatric nurses. (Resident physicians and APPs trainees also rotate through the MBH ED.) The ideal APP candidate is one who works well in a fast paced, busy and somewhat unpredictable clinical environment and who can act independently as well as with a team. The APP will function as a physician dyad working collaboratively with our emergency team to evaluate and treat ill and injured children.
Responsibilities
Provides medical care to the full complement of pediatric patient ages 0 days to 21 years with diverse medical and traumatic chief complaints
Serves as a member of the team supervised by a PEM physician assessing, initiating care and providing treatment for all patients from low to complex, higher acuity patients including acting as a member of the ED trauma team
Performs procedures including but not limited to laceration repair, abscess incision & drainage, lumbar puncture, splint and/or cast application, airway management
Participates in department meetings, education and quality and performance improvement activities as needed
Requirements
Two (2) years of experience as a licensed ARNP in pediatric health care
Washington State Nurse Practitioner license
DEA, NPI & prescriptive authority
Current BLS for Healthcare Providers certification by the American Heart Association
Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Why Mary Bridge Children's?
Mission-driven:Partnering for healing and a healthy future for the patients and communities we serve
Award-winning:Named Top Childrens Hospital for five years by the Leapfrog Group; physicians consistently named on Top Doctors lists by Seattle Magazine, Seattle Met and the Tacoma News Tribune
Growing: New pediatric hospital facility and medical office building opening in 2026
Leading research:MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation partners with our pediatric providers, offering ground-breaking research and clinical trials
Employee-centric:MultiCare is consistently ranked among Americas Best Employers by State by Forbes
Lifestyle:Live and work in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by breathtaking mountain, forest and water views
Explore our services atmarybridge.org
Pay and Benefit Expectations
Associated benefit information can be viewed here.
Position Type: Full time - Regular Primary Shift: Variable Work Schedule: Variable
MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.
MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization.
Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital.
Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.
MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.