Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

150 Shriners Hospitals for Children; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

Shriners Children's Boston is seeking a part-time Pediatric Nurse Practitioner to join our Burn Program, delivering inpatient and outpatient care for children with burns, wounds, and reconstructive needs alongside a multidisciplinary team.

The role covers exposure to acute inpatient and outpatient management, perioperative care, and long-term follow-up for patients from birth through age 21. Flexible scheduling with three 10-hour day shifts weekly.

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient and outpatient care to pediatric burn patients throughout recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation.
• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments, develop differential diagnoses, formulate treatment plans, and initiate interventions.
• Manage patients on the inpatient unit, including ICU-level care, in collaboration with PICU teams.
• Collaborate with Burn Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons, nursing staff, therapists, and other care professionals for family-centered care.
• Perform pre-operative evaluations, postoperative management, admission, discharge planning, and follow-up care.
• Independently manage outpatient clinic visits for 15+ pediatric patients daily.
• Assess and manage burns, wounds, scars, deformities, and related conditions.
• Educate patients and families on wound care, scar management, and recovery plans.
• Coordinate care across inpatient, outpatient, surgical, rehabilitation and community settings.
• Perform vascular access, phlebotomy, dressing applications, wound care and non-excisional debridement.
• Monitor healing, adjust care plans as needed, and document changes accurately.
• Develop individualized care plans with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure clear communication among patients, families and care team members.
• Engage in quality improvement initiatives to advance pediatric burn and reconstructive care.

Job description

Company Overview

Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family's ability to pay or insurance status.

Job Description

Shriners Children's Boston is seeking a part-time Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) to join our nationally recognized Burn Program in a unique blended inpatient and outpatient role. This position offers the opportunity to care for pediatric patients across the full spectrum of burn, wound, reconstructive, and rehabilitative care while working alongside a highly specialized multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering exceptional outcomes and compassionate, family-centered care.

The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner will work closely with Burn Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Mass General Brigham (MGB) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) teams to support the care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with complex burn injuries, scars, congenital differences, and reconstructive needs. The role provides exposure to a diverse patient population and a broad clinical practice spanning acute inpatient care, outpatient management, perioperative care, and long-term follow-up.

This position is ideal for a provider who enjoys collaborative practice, values relationship-based care, and is passionate about supporting children and families through every stage of treatment and recovery. Candidates with experience in pediatric burn care, pediatric surgery, pediatric critical care, pediatric emergency medicine, wound care, plastic surgery, or related specialties are encouraged to apply. Exceptional new graduates with relevant clinical experience will also be considered.

This is a part-time position working three 10-hour daytime shifts per week, scheduled between 6:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Flexible scheduling is available, though regular Friday availability is required. There are no night, weekend, holiday, or call responsibilities, offering an excellent work-life balance within a highly specialized pediatric practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care to pediatric patients throughout the continuum of burn recovery, reconstruction, and rehabilitation.


• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments, develop differential diagnoses, formulate treatment plans, and initiate appropriate clinical interventions.


• Manage patients on the inpatient unit, including those requiring ICU-level care, in collaboration with Mass General Brigham PICU attendings and multidisciplinary care teams.


• Collaborate closely with Burn Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons, nursing staff, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to deliver coordinated, family-centered care.


• Perform pre-operative evaluations, post-operative management, surgical admissions, discharge planning, and ongoing follow-up care.


• Independently manage outpatient clinic visits for 15+ patients per day, evaluating and treating pediatric patients from birth through age 21.


• Assess and manage acute burn injuries, complex wounds, skin conditions requiring wound care, burn scars, severe hand deformities, and cleft lip and palate anomalies.


• Provide patient and family education regarding wound care, scar management, postoperative recovery, treatment plans, and long-term care needs.


• Coordinate care across inpatient, outpatient, surgical, rehabilitation, and community settings to ensure continuity of care and optimal outcomes.


• Perform and assist with clinical procedures including vascular access (IV placement), phlebotomy, dressing applications, blister management, and non-excisional wound debridement.


• Evaluate burn wounds and monitor healing progress, adjusting treatment plans as clinically indicated.


• Develop and implement individualized plans of care in partnership with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team.


• Facilitate effective communication among patients, families, physicians, consultants, and care team members.


• Participate in quality improvement and evidence-based practice initiatives that support excellence in pediatric burn and reconstructive care.


• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with organizational, regulatory, and professional standards.