Hospice and Palliative Care Interprofessional APP Fellow

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, offers a 12‑month Hospice and Palliative Care Interprofessional APP Fellowship designed to prepare Advanced Practice Providers for a career in hospice and palliative medicine. Fellows work with APPs and Attendings in a structured, competency-based program with progressive independence.

The fellowship emphasizes communication, complex pain and symptom management, and interprofessional collaboration to build advanced clinical and critical

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Master's Degree Physician Assistant Program or an Advanced Practice Nursing program.
• Active national certification as a PA, AGACNP, FNP, or AGPCNP.
• Ability to obtain/maintain PA/APRN licensure in New Hampshire and Vermont prior to program start date.
• Eligible to obtain Federal DEA Registration.

Skills

National certification

DEA registration eligibility

Licensure eligibility NH/VT

Education

Master's degree in Physician Assistant studies

Advanced Practice Nursing degree

Job description

Overview

Hospice and Palliative Care Interprofessional APP Fellowship

Overview:

The Hospice and Palliative Care Interprofessional APP Fellowship program is an intensive 12-month training program focused on preparing you for a successful career in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellows will work alongside other APPs and Attendings while engaging in structured, competency-based clinical and didactic training with progressive independence tailored to your development.

Your training will take place at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), a quaternary care facility and level one trauma center. Upon completion of the program, you will be equipped with the following skills:

• Communication skills to discuss what matters most to patients and families to provide context-dependent and goal-aligned care
• Complex pain and symptoms management skills to care for patients with serious illness
• Collaboration skills to provide interprofessional team-based care and education

The goal of the program is to help you grow and develop the acute and long-range medical and critical thinking skills required to build a successful career in hospice and palliative care.

Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited Master's Degree Physician Assistant Program or an Advanced Practice Nursing program
• Must have an active national certification as a PA, AGACNP, FNP, or AGPCNP
• Ability to obtain/maintain PA/APRN licensure in New Hampshire and Vermont prior to program start date
• Eligible to obtain Federal DEA Registration

All offers are contingent on the successful completion of the standard DHMC pre-employment criminal background check, health screening, and clinical credentialing process before matriculation.

Website:

https://gme.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/palliative

About Us:

Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the academic medical center for the Dartmouth Health system, is home to a breadth of clinical specialties, clinics, programs, facilities, and leading-edge research initiatives. As a source of hope and healing for our region, we are committed to delivering world-class care to everyone who enters our doors through a personalized approach that ensures every patient, family, and staff member is heard and respected.

DHMC's clinical excellence is exemplified by our expertise across a broad range of specialties and sub-specialties, and a growing body of clinical research that translates into superlative patient care and positive outcomes. Our highly collaborative culture engages physician-researchers across the Medical Center, who integrate their research activities with a holistic care model that engages families in every aspect of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. As an organization with deep roots in the Upper Valley community, we work to promote better health and health equity for all through a combination of support services, community partnerships, and population health programs that reflect the unique demographics and spirit of our region.

On our Lebanon campus - and in our work throughout the Dartmouth Health system, we make a solemn promise to advocate for our patients, promote effective collaboration among our colleagues, advance healthcare delivery through groundbreaking research, and help those we serve to lead brighter and healthier lives.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited APRN academic program
• National specialty certification