Seattle Children’s Psychiatric Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship
The mission of the Psychiatric APP Fellowship Program at Seattle Children's is to support newly graduated psychiatric-mental health APPs or APPs with limited pediatric psych experience in successfully entering their practice in a complex, highly collaborative pediatric psychiatry setting.
Seattle Children’s has a diverse and often complex patient population. There are over 400 APPs working in a variety of pediatric specialties and subspecialties, including inpatient; ambulatory clinics; diagnostic and surgical areas; critical care; ED; and urgent care. Learning opportunities include hands-on patient care and formal and informal didactic opportunities.
We strive to be a welcoming and supportive community that represents our patients. Our community cultivates and promotes belonging at all levels, empowering each of us to show up as we are every day.
Education is aimed at:
- Developing advanced assessment and diagnostic skills necessary to treat children and adolescents with complex acute and chronic mental health disorders
- Strengthening critical thinking, evidence-based practice and confidence in a professional clinical setting
- Clinical practice within a variety of pediatric mental health settings
- Expanding psychopharmacology knowledge to gain expertise in medication management of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders
- Development of a self-directed, lifelong approach to learning
- Acquisition of an individual practice style developed by exposure to multiple mentors and continuous feedback
- Exposure to a variety of APP roles and their contribution to care teams
- Bolstering resilience and acquiring skills to prevent burnout
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Prerequisites
Prior to matriculation into the Psychiatric Fellowship Program, the APP applicant must meet the following requirements:
- Master’s Degree and/or Doctorate of Nursing Practice
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification (PMHNP-BC™)
- Physician Assistant-certified
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Facilities
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Curriculum
Boot Camp
All fellows spend the first two weeks in Boot Camp. Boot Camp is a period of intensive orientation to the practice environments at Seattle Children’s. During Boot Camp, fellows will learn about the fellowship program structure and be introduced to the core competencies they are expected to achieve over the course of their training. They will also begin shadowing specific roles to help them orient to hospital and community based mental health care and services.
Clinical Rotations
Psych APP fellows will spend the first three months engaged in foundational learning on the PBMU. Psych APP fellows will then spend the next six months in a hybrid learning environment providing direct patient care in inpatient, outpatient and urgent care settings with supervision and mentorship. During the final three months, Psych APP fellows will practice on the PBMU with increasing independence.
Didactics
Didactic sessions are held twice monthly for 10 months of the year. Didactic sessions will focus on developing core competencies and learning will be presented using a variety of modalities including self-study, journal clubs, case presentations, and lectures delivered by a variety of disciplines across multiple specialty areas. In addition, because Seattle Children’s is a teaching hospital, there will be multiple additional learning activities that fellows will be able to access throughout the course of the year (e.g., Psychiatry Grand Rounds). There will also be intentional learning focused on building resilience and self-care as well as learnings to understand and promote cultural humility and health equity.
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How to apply
September 2026 Cohort
- Start date: September 28, 2026
- Application close date: May 11, 2026
Interested candidates can review job postings and apply on our website.
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Meet the team
- Johannah Crogan, ARNP, APP Fellowship Director, Advanced Practice Providers
- Janna Weiss, APP Fellowship Program Coordinator