Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord - Lebanon, NH
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About the position
The Dartmouth Health Postgraduate Fellowship Programs offer Advanced Practice Providers an intensive 12-month experience of advanced training. Your training will be comprised of didactic and clinical curriculums that will occur concomitantly. Our Postgraduate Advanced Practice Provider Fellowships give you the opportunity to further refine critical thinking and highly marketable skills to a specialized patient population, provide high-quality care to a wide variety of patients in the chosen specialty, and be part of an organization dedicated to training the next generation of health care providers. You will learn and work alongside colleagues in all areas of healthcare who are committed to team-based patient care, and you will have access to MD, APP, and other staff participating in world-class research, teaching, and leadership through Dartmouth College, TDI, the Value Institute and Geisel School of Medicine, Biomedical and Science Libraries, DHMC Patient Safety Training Center (PSTC), and gross anatomy lab. You will earn a competitive annual stipend, full and comprehensive benefits, and continuing education credits are available at no cost by participating in and attending lectures, conferences, grand rounds, and journal club. The Cardiothoracic Surgical Postgraduate APP Residency program is an intensive 12-month training program focused on preparing you for a successful career in cardiothoracic surgery. Fellows will be integrated into the Advanced Practice Provider team and work alongside other APPs and Attendings. Clinical experiences will take place at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), a quaternary care facility with air and ground transport services that care for Northern New England's most critically ill patients. Upon completion of the program, you will be equipped with the skills to triage, evaluate, treat, and manage cardiac and thoracic problems, work as an independent first-assist in the operating room, master techniques of conduit harvesting and preparation, and have the knowledge and skills to treat patients with various cardiac and thoracic conditions.
Responsibilities
- Further refine critical thinking and highly marketable skills to a specialized patient population.
- Provide high-quality care to a wide variety of patients in the chosen specialty.
- Be part of an organization dedicated to training the next generation of health care providers.
- Learn and work alongside colleagues in all areas of healthcare who are committed to team-based patient care.
- Access MD, APP, and other staff participating in world-class research, teaching, and leadership.
- Participate in lectures, conferences, grand rounds, and journal club for continuing education.
- Triage, evaluate, treat, and manage cardiac and thoracic problems.
- Work as an independent first-assist in the operating room.
- Master techniques of conduit harvesting and preparation.
- Treat patients with Coronary Artery Disease, Aortic Valve Disease, Mitral Valve Disease, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Aortic Aneurysm, Lung and Esophageal Cancer, Thoracic Disease, and Thoracic Trauma.
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 or NP.
- NP candidates must be registered as a Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) prior to the program start.
- Must obtain a Physician Assistant or APRN license in the state of New Hampshire once admitted to the program.
- Participate in a personal interview.
- Complete the formal online application process, if asked to participate in a personal interview.
- Participate in a criminal background check and urine drug screen as part of the pre-employment requirements for final selected candidates.
Benefits
- Competitive annual stipend.
- Full and comprehensive benefits.
- Continuing education credits available at no cost.
