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Pediatric Physician Assistant roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA treaty, which lists Physician Assistants as an eligible profession. Canadian citizens can apply at the border or a port of entry without a lottery. Mexican citizens require a consular appointment. Employers provide a support letter documenting the role details and your qualifications for TN status.
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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 tests, 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 patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.
- Keeping abreast of advances in patient care.
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.
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 tests, 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 patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.
- Keeping abreast of advances in patient care.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Pediatric Physician Assistant
Verify your PA credential matches TN requirements
TN visa classification lists Physician Assistants specifically, but USCIS officers scrutinize whether your baccalaureate-level PA training matches U.S. accreditation standards. Gather your NCCPA certification, degree transcripts, and a credential evaluation before approaching any employer.
Target pediatric practices with recent visa filings
Hospitals and multi-specialty pediatric groups with recent visa filings are already familiar with sponsoring work visas, which signals experience navigating immigration processes. Prioritize these employers over solo practices, where TN sponsorship may be entirely new to HR. For TN roles, remember the process is streamlined: your employer writes a support letter, and you present it directly at the U.S. port of entry (or consulate for Mexican nationals)—no government filing required on their end.
Clarify TN status at the job offer stage
Raise TN sponsorship before signing an offer letter, not after. Ask explicitly whether the employer's legal team has handled TN petitions for allied health professionals, since pediatric PA roles carry specific scope-of-practice documentation requirements that differ from physician TN filings.
Search TN-ready pediatric employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter pediatric PA openings by employers with recent visa filings. This removes the guesswork of cold-applying to practices with no track record of sponsoring work visas, and helps you target experienced employers who understand the visa sponsorship process.
Prepare a TN support letter with scope specifics
Your employer's TN support letter must describe your pediatric PA duties in detail, not just the job title. CBP officers at the Canadian border or a consular officer reviewing a Mexican TN application will reject letters that are vague about clinical responsibilities or patient population.
Understand the Mexican TN consular timeline
Mexican citizens applying for TN status at a U.S. consulate face appointment wait times that vary significantly by post. Factor at least six to eight weeks into your start-date negotiation with any employer to avoid breaching an offer deadline before your visa interview clears.
Pediatric Physician Assistant TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Physician Assistant occupation qualify for TN visa sponsorship?
Yes. Physician Assistants are explicitly listed as a qualifying USMCA profession for TN status. To qualify, you must hold a baccalaureate degree in a health science or a program accredited by an accrediting body the U.S. recognizes, and you must have a confirmed job offer in a clinical PA role. Pediatric specialization falls squarely within the occupation's scope.
How does the TN visa compare to the H-1B for Pediatric Physician Assistants?
The TN visa has no annual lottery and no numerical cap for Canadian citizens, making it far more predictable than the H-1B visa, which is subject to a randomized selection process with roughly a one-in-three chance of selection. Canadians can activate TN status at a port of entry the same day if documents are in order. Mexican citizens use consular processing, but still avoid the H-1B lottery entirely. The tradeoff is that TN does not lead directly to permanent residence.
What documents does my employer need to file for my TN sponsorship?
Your employer must prepare a detailed support letter that covers your job title, duties specific to pediatric PA practice, salary, and intended duration. You supply your degree credentials, NCCPA certification, and proof of Canadian or Mexican citizenship. Some employers also request state licensure documentation, depending on the state where you'll practice. If you're Canadian, you'll present these documents at the U.S. border or port of entry. If you're Mexican, your employer submits the support letter to a U.S. consulate as part of your visa application there.
Where can I find Pediatric Physician Assistant jobs that already offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking U.S. jobs with TN visa sponsorship. You can search Pediatric PA openings filtered to employers with recent visa filings, which helps you focus on practices experienced with work visa sponsorship and more likely familiar with hiring international professionals.
Can I switch pediatric PA employers while on TN status?
Yes, but your TN status is tied to the sponsoring employer, so you cannot start work for a new employer until a new TN has been authorized. Canadian citizens can present new TN documentation at a port of entry. Mexican citizens need a new consular appointment. There is no grace period that allows you to work for the new employer while the new TN is pending, so plan your transition timeline carefully.