Advanced Practice Provider – Pediatric Hospitalist

Salem, OR, US
Advanced Practice Provider – PA / NP
Part Time
Job ID: #15003

Advanced Practice Provider – Pediatric Hospitalist  

 Location: Salem Hospital, 890 Oak Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301 

Department: Pediatrics 
Position Type: Part time (.5) 
Schedule: Day shift with varying schedule, 78 shifts annually; see details below 

Your role with us 

Salem Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner OR Physician Assistant to join our hospital-based Pediatric Hospitalist team in a parttime capacity, with the potential for expanded hours as our program continues to grow. This position offers an opportunity to work within a collaborative, patient-centered environment that values teamwork, quality, and compassionate care. 

Our Pediatric Hospitalist team is an integral part of the Women and Children’s Services Division, providing care for hospitalized children and newborns in a setting that welcomes approximately 3,400 births each year. With the support of a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staffed by Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and Neonatologists, as well as close access to pediatric subspecialists and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in Portland, our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional care to children and families across our community. 

Shift start times vary by schedule: 12-hour shifts begin at 7:00am or 7:00pm; 24-hour shifts start at 7:00am; and 8-hour shifts run from 7:00am to 3:00pm (October–March) or 7:00am to 1:00pm (April–September). Shifts are evenly distributed across the team. 

Pediatrics 

The Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine team includes seven pediatricians who work variable 8, 12, or 24-hour shifts to provide continuous coverage and exceptional care Salem Health’s Women and Children’s Services Division features a 10-bed Pediatric Unit offering both inpatient and outpatient services, a 26-bed Mother Baby Unit providing comprehensive postnatal care, an 18-bed Labor and Delivery Unit with 12 labor and six antepartum beds plus two operating rooms, and a 27-bed Level IIIA NICU dedicated to neonatal intensive care. 

What you'll do 

  • Provide care for inpatients, including unassigned patients with a central focus on infant evaluation, management of acute and ongoing care, and development of treatment plans 

  • Performs health assessment of infants admitted to the newborn nursery 

  • Management of patients in the mother baby unit may include daily physical exams, evaluation of progress, documentation via progress and procedure notes, writing orders, and discharge planning and notes. 

  • Consults with physicians as appropriate to plan care. 

  • Provides Family Centered Care including advocating for newborns and responding to special family needs. 

  • Potential additional duties after a period of practice with the group include care and management of complex newborns alongside physicians.  

Required qualifications 

Nurse Practitioner: 

  • Preference of providers certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 

  • National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner from a nationally accredited body recognized by the Oregon State Board of Nursing 

  • Current State of Oregon Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner License 

  • American Heart Association BLS Certification (AHA equivalent courses not accepted) 

  • American Heart Association PALS Certification (AHA equivalent courses not accepted) 

  • DEA Certification 

Physician Associate: 

  • National Certification from the Physician Associate National Certifying Examination (PANCE) 

  • Current State of Oregon Physician Associate License 

  • American Heart Association BLS Certification (AHA equivalent courses not accepted) 

  • American Heart Association PALS Certification (AHA equivalent courses not accepted) 

  • DEA Certification 

Additional information 

  • Will consider new graduates. 

  • Knowledge of Lean methodology preferred. 

Total rewards package 

Salem Health's comprehensive benefits package prioritizes your mental and physical health, financial stability, family obligations, and professional growth. Click here for details. 

Additional offerings 

  • Relocation Assistance 

  • Oregon Medical License and DEA fees reimbursed 

  • Malpractice insurance provided 

Why Salem Health? 

Salem Health is a Top Workplace in Oregon, known for fostering a supportive culture where your contributions truly matter. As an award-winning, independent health care system, we serve our region through Salem Hospital, multiple community clinics and West Valley Hospital, ensuring broad access to high-quality care. 

We believe in empowering our teams. Through Lean principles, staff help drive innovation and solve real problems. We also invest in your growth with professional development, tuition assistance, and clear career pathways. At Salem Health, you’ll find more than a job, you’ll find purpose, connection, and room to thrive. 

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by law. 

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact physician.recruitment@salemhealth.org. 

Share this job:

Advanced Practice Provider – Pediatric Hospitalist  

 Location: Salem Hospital, 890 Oak Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301 

Department: Pediatrics 
Position Type: Part time (.5) 
Schedule: Day shift with varying schedule, 78 shifts annually; see details below 

Your role with us 

Salem Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner OR Physician Assistant to join our hospital-based Pediatric Hospitalist team in a parttime capacity, with the potential for expanded hours as our program continues to grow. This position offers an opportunity to work within a collaborative, patient-centered environment that values teamwork, quality, and compassionate care. 

Our Pediatric Hospitalist team is an integral part of the Women and Children’s Services Division, providing care for hospitalized children and newborns in a setting that welcomes approximately 3,400 births each year. With the support of a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staffed by Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and Neonatologists, as well as close access to pediatric subspecialists and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in Portland, our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional care to children and families across our community. 

Shift start times vary by schedule: 12-hour shifts begin at 7:00am or 7:00pm; 24-hour shifts start at 7:00am; and 8-hour shifts run from 7:00am to 3:00pm (October–March) or 7:00am to 1:00pm (April–September). Shifts are evenly distributed across the team. 

Pediatrics 

The Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine team includes seven pediatricians who work variable 8, 12, or 24-hour shifts to provide continuous coverage and exceptional care Salem Health’s Women and Children’s Services Division features a 10-bed Pediatric Unit offering both inpatient and outpatient services, a 26-bed Mother Baby Unit providing comprehensive postnatal care, an 18-bed Labor and Delivery Unit with 12 labor and six antepartum beds plus two operating rooms, and a 27-bed Level IIIA NICU dedicated to neonatal intensive care. 

What you'll do 

  • Provide care for inpatients, including unassigned patients with a central focus on infant evaluation, management of acute and ongoing care, and development of treatment plans 

  • Performs health assessment of infants admitted to the newborn nursery 

  • Management of patients in the mother baby unit may include daily physical exams, evaluation of progress, documentation via progress and procedure notes, writing orders, and discharge planning and notes. 

  • Consults with physicians as appropriate to plan care. 

  • Provides Family Centered Care including advocating for newborns and responding to special family needs. 

  • Potential additional duties after a period of practice with the group include care and management of complex newborns alongside physicians.  

Required qualifications 

Nurse Practitioner: 

  • Preference of providers certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 

  • National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner from a nationally accredited body recognized by the Oregon State Board of Nursing 

  • Current State of Oregon Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner License 

  • American Heart Association BLS Certification (AHA equivalent courses not accepted) 

  • American Heart Association PALS Certification (AHA equivalent courses not accepted) 

  • DEA Certification 

Physician Associate: 

  • National Certification from the Physician Associate National Certifying Examination (PANCE) 

  • Current State of Oregon Physician Associate License 

  • American Heart Association BLS Certification (AHA equivalent courses not accepted) 

  • American Heart Association PALS Certification (AHA equivalent courses not accepted) 

  • DEA Certification 

Additional information 

  • Will consider new graduates. 

  • Knowledge of Lean methodology preferred. 

Total rewards package 

Salem Health's comprehensive benefits package prioritizes your mental and physical health, financial stability, family obligations, and professional growth. Click here for details. 

Additional offerings 

  • Relocation Assistance 

  • Oregon Medical License and DEA fees reimbursed 

  • Malpractice insurance provided 

Why Salem Health? 

Salem Health is a Top Workplace in Oregon, known for fostering a supportive culture where your contributions truly matter. As an award-winning, independent health care system, we serve our region through Salem Hospital, multiple community clinics and West Valley Hospital, ensuring broad access to high-quality care. 

We believe in empowering our teams. Through Lean principles, staff help drive innovation and solve real problems. We also invest in your growth with professional development, tuition assistance, and clear career pathways. At Salem Health, you’ll find more than a job, you’ll find purpose, connection, and room to thrive. 

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by law. 

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact physician.recruitment@salemhealth.org. 

Share this job:

Career exploration program

Whatever your background or career aspirations, there’s a place for you at Salem Health. And our Career Exploration Program can help you identify the ideal opportunity to pursue. The Program allows you to work alongside a healthcare professional as you gain insight into a fulfilling hospital career.

A group of eight people stand together smiling

Nursing

Since 2010, Salem Hospital has continuously achieved Magnet™-designation – the gold standard for nursing excellence. Only eight percent of all hospitals achieve this prestigious distinction.

We’ve been able to do this by maintaining a nursing culture that is defined by:

  • Consistent teamwork and collaboration
  • Exemplary resources to support clinical nurses
  • Engaged and inspiring leadership
  • A focus on well-being, resilience, diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Strong professional development opportunities
  • Pride in delivering quality-of-care that exceeds national norms
  • An empowering professional governance structure and professional practice model
  • New grad residency support, preceptorship, and mentoring
  • Open and transparent strategy alignment
  • Feedback is encouraged, valued and incorporated from the staff at all levels.
  • Partnerships with community organizations that support improved patient outcomes

If you’re looking for a setting where you can achieve your highest potential as a nurse, we invite you to join us. We welcome all nurses, including those from outside of the United States. At Salem Health, you can experience an inclusive culture that values and rewards your unique qualities and background.

A group of four healthcare professionals gather around a computer at a desk
Three women in scrubs look at a computer together

RN residency program

Begin your journey from student nurse to confident practitioner with our RN Residency Program. The program features a combination of didactic lessons, simulation, and track-specific class options. It begins with orientation and training and proceeds to preceptorship and mentorship. Through the program, you will gain clinical expertise as well as valuable professional skills such as communication and critical thinking.

A group of six people in surgical scrubs stand in an operating room

Nursing units overview

As a trusted provider of high-quality, comprehensive patient care, we offer nursing opportunities that cover the full spectrum of clinical specialties.

A woman and a young boy work together on homework

Work-Life balance for nurses

We value and respect your life away from work and provide a variety of programs and perks that help you maintain a positive work-life balance. We’re fully committed to supporting your well-being and resilience.

Two healthcare workers speak with a patient lying in a hospital bed

Certified nursing assistants

As a certified nursing assistant (CNA), your contributions are absolutely crucial. You will provide compassionate reassurance and vital patient support in order to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care possible. You will receive competitive compensation as you provide patients with physical care and emotional support. We seek empathetic, and non-judgmental individuals with a sincere passion for elevating others’ lives.

A woman wearing a medical mask holds up a vial of medicine in a storeroom

Postgraduate year 1 pharmacy residency program

The Salem Health Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Residency Program enhances your PharmD education as you develop your clinical expertise in the medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions. The program will be eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) pharmacy residency training. Upon completion of the Salem Health PGY1 residency, we believe you will be a confident and highly capable general practitioner, and well-prepared for the next step in your career.

What are our employees saying about our residency program?

“I am very happy with the way the Residency program has gone. If I ever have any questions or need any advice on my unit, I know where to get the help I need.”

“I’m very happy with the depth and duration of the program. I received the information and education necessary to gain a thorough understanding of how the hospital operates.”

“This is a great program. I’m glad the hospital offers it to new grads. I was encouraged and supported throughout the whole program, and I’m very lucky to have been accepted into it.”

“The program very much smoothed the transition into acute care nursing, both in my nursing practice and emotionally. I feel well supported.”

We will meet you wherever you are on your career journey, and walk with you to your destination

There are over 900 unique positions to choose from at Salem Health. Whatever your background or your professional and personal aspirations, we offer an inclusive learning environment where you can achieve your highest potential in a career that grows with you. And, we’ll help you along the way with perks like tuition reimbursement and certification bonuses.

With so many options, why work anywhere else?

Support careers

  • Culinary / Nutrition Services
  • Hospitality
  • Housekeeping
  • Security
  • Patient Support Services
  • Administrative Support
  • Facilities Operations
  • Technicians

Professional careers

  • Nursing
  • Providers
  • Pharmacists
  • Therapists
  • Dietitians
  • Chaplains
  • Physicists
  • Medical Lab Scientists
  • Operations Professionals
    (information services, finance, marketing, human resources, project management, etc.)

Technical careers

  • Certified Nursing Assistants
  • Certified Medical Assistants
  • Imaging
  • Surgical Technologists
  • Language Interpretations
  • Biomed
  • Polysomnography
  • Phlebotomists
  • Pharmacy Technicians

Career tree

Life in the Willamette Valley

One of the greatest benefits of working at Salem Health is the opportunity to live, work, and play in Oregon’s beautiful Willamette Valley. The moment you arrive, you’ll see why.

Benefits made just for you.

We offer benefits for you and your loved ones that are designed to meet your unique needs.

A place where all belong.

We are committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and learning.