Nurse Practitioner Fellow

Job summary

The Nurse Practitioner Fellow is a post-graduate clinical trainee participating in the SNAPT Fellowship Program who provides mentored clinical care to patients through an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach that considers the psychosocial aspects of health and disease. The Fellow will transition after 12 months to traditional practice and is committed to a second year of employment in a Nurse Practitioner role with opportunities for ongoing employment.

Major duties and responsibilities

• Analytical and Critical Thinking
• Maintains the standard of clinical care, using diagnostic testing appropriately and providing appropriate treatment
• Considers the psychosocial aspects of both health and disease
• Uses diagnostic testing appropriately yet cost-effectively, and providing appropriate treatment
• Self-assessment and reflection on individual learning objectives, competencies, and goals

• Patient Focus
• Effectively engages patients in their care

• Checking, Examining, and Recording
• Maintains complete and comprehensive documentation
• Participates in evaluation and feedback processes with preceptors and mentors

• Professionalism
• Seeks physician consultation when appropriate
• Demonstrates professionalism and integrity in all aspects of patient care
• Shows meaningful progress toward professional role development

• Compliance, Policy, and Procedure
• Shows meaningful progress toward quality improvement goals

Skills and abilities

• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary clinical team
• Computer skills including Microsoft office suite, electronic medical records and practice management system

Education and/Or experience

• Recent graduate (within 2 years) of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program