Part-Time Pediatric and Neonatal ICU Physician's Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

Job Description
Part-Time Pediatric and Neonatal ICU Physician's Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

Category
Boston University Medical Campus --> Faculty
Job Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Tracking Code
26599937130331
Posted Date
3/31/2026
Minimum Salary
$151,265.25
Maximum Salary
$167,618.25

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training and internal pay comparison. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Type
Part-Time

About the Role:

Boston Medical Center Department of Pediatrics is seeking Physician Assistants (PA) or Nurse Practitioners (NP) to be part of a team of Advance Practice Providers (PAs and NPs) who provide care under the supervision of an intensivist physician to critically-ill patients in both our Level III Neonatal ICU (22 beds) and Pediatric ICU (4 beds). The NICU is staffed 24/7 by an in-house intensivist providing direct supervision to APPs. The PICU is staffed by pediatric intensivists who are in-house during the day and may be at home or in-house overnight depending on acuity and the needs of the patients and unit. APPs overlap with Boston Children's combined residents to provide frontline care to our patients.

We are seeking energetic team players to join our staff. Experience in the NICU or PICU is not required, but preferred. We are currently recruiting for a part-time position. Clinical shifts are centered around nights and weekends. Following training in both the NICU and PICU, the APP will be assigned shifts in both locations. At no time will an APP care for patients in both units during a single shift.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interviewing patients and families and performing physical examination (including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories).
• Developing a problem list, differential diagnosis and treatment. Recommending options and courses of action for patient care
• Determining abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic test, such as X-rays and laboratory studies and by interpreting test results.
• Placing and modifying care orders
• Completing documentation for admission, daily and discharge notes
• Interfacing with multidisciplinary team members (i.e. nursing, respiratory therapy, dietary, case management, etc.)
• NICU: attend deliveries alone and with the NICU attending.
• Provide consultations for Newborn Nursery as requested.
• Implementing physician directives
• Rounding with team
• Provide ongoing patient assessment and intervention
• Consulting specialty and surgical services under direction of attending MD
• Coordinating discharge including follow-up appointments, equipment and discharge teaching
• Performing therapeutic procedures appropriate to unit following training (i.e. central line placement and removal, arterial line placement, chest tube placement, endotracheal intubation, procedural sedation)
• Protecting patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols
• Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements
• Participating in continuing education, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, educational conferences and research studies
• Responding to Pediatric Rapid Responses and Pediatric Codes outside the PICU/NICU
• Participating in unit patients safety and quality improvement initiatives
• Keeping abreast of advances in patient care

Required Skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Graduate of an accredited and/or approved nurse practitioner or physician assistant program
• Physicians Assistance or Nurse Practitioner licensure within the first 3 months following the receipt of a complete application for medical staff membership and privileges
• Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Certification
• Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications
• Previous pediatric experience preferred
• Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to assess neonates through young adults
• Interpersonal skills needed for interacting effectively with physicians, staff, patients and families

Compensation:

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (BU-CASM) offers a competitive salary commensurate with academic training and practice experience. We continue to evaluate our compensation plan to remain one of the most competitive in salary and benefits. Our staff receive a highly competitive salary and generous benefits that include paid vacation, sick time, parental leave, and CME expenses. Faculty members and their dependents qualify for greatly reduced tuition at Boston University, ranked among the top 50 universities in the US.

Compensation ranges between $151,265.25 and $167,618.25

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and departmental budget. The above hiring range represents a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

How to Apply: If interested in this employment opportunity, please send your resume/CV and cover letter directly to: PediatricsFacultyAffairs@bmc.org

About Us:

Boston Medical Center proudly serves a diverse population in Boston and boasts a world-class academic medical center in Boston University School of Medicine, with a commitment to caring for all patients, including the underserved. BMC is a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End. The largest safety-net hospital in New England, BMC provides consistently excellent and accessible health care to all. BMC is the primary teaching affiliate of BU-CASM, a highly ranked medical school dedicated to urban and international health and a recognized leader in groundbreaking medical research. Boston Medical Center is the academic teaching hospital for Boston University School of Medicine.

Boston is an exciting place to live with everything a major world city can offer. The 'smallest big city' in the US, enjoy watching the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, and Red Sox, then hop a flight to Paris at Logan International Airport, just 10 minutes from downtown. Boston is also the nation's healthcare hub and offers dramatic opportunities for innovation and academic advancement in the healthcare industry. Bostonians enjoy surrounding parks, beaches, and forest preserves by day, and local breweries, eclectic restaurants, historic theaters, and world-class music and arts by night, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Boston Ballet. With the most Colleges and Universities in the country, Boston feels young, cutting-edge, and highly academic.

Boston Medical Center and Boston University comply with all state, federal, and local laws and regulations.

Boston Medical Center and Boston University are equal opportunity employers, committed to a common mission of improving the health of Boston's residents while adhering to the highest standards of academic medicine. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Boston University conducts a background check on all final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions. The background check includes contacting the final candidate's current and previous employer(s) to ask whether, in the last seven years, there has been a substantiated finding of misconduct violating that employer's applicable sexual misconduct policies. To implement this process, the University requires a final candidate to complete and sign the form entitled 'Authorization to Release Information' after the execution of an offer letter.


Job Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Part-Time
Salary Grade: $151,265.25-$167,618.25

To apply, visit https://jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/jobs/316531







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