Primary Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellow - Health Sciences Clinical Instructor

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis is seeking highly motivated master's degree or doctorally prepared early career nurse practitioners to serve in a unique role that integrates a primary care transition to practice clinical experience with clinical teaching activities in a structured, guided learning environment. The APP fellow will be part of an accredited 12-month Primary Care Advanced Practice Provider transition to practice fellowship program. APP Fellows - Clinical Instructors must have completed their nurse practitioner program within 18 months of the start of the program on October 1, 2026, (educational program completion cannot be prior to April 1, 2025). The incumbent must be available to complete all hiring paperwork by September which includes in-person appointments at the Sacramento UC Davis Health Campus.

Full time, 12-month positions at the Instructor rank in the Health Sciences Clinical Professor (HSCP) Series are available at UC Davis Health, which is located on a modern, 140-acre campus in Sacramento, California. Currently, the position offered is the primary care tract.

This is a 12-month full-time, fully benefited, (at least 40 hours per week) contract position funded by a combination of Health Resources and Services Administration and clinical revenues.

This opportunity is for NPs (family, women's health, pediatric primary care, psych-mental health, and adult gerontological primary care nurse practitioner applicants only). The program's goals and those of the grant funders are to increase the number of clinicians receiving quality primary care education and training in areas of unmet need throughout the state.

Successful candidates will provide clinical services in contracted community-based clinics, including Federally Qualified Health Centers or UC Davis primary care or nurse-led mobile clinics in the greater Sacramento region, the Sierra foothills, or neighboring counties in Northern California. Additionally, this effort will include an immersive education curriculum with online advanced-learning modules and on-site training at UC Davis Health simulation centers. Teaching requirements, scholarly or creative activity, and professional service expectations will comprise the remaining time.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Primary Care APP Fellow - Health Sciences Clinical Instructor will provide primary care services approximately four days per week in the assigned clinic and will participate in educational activities at least one day per week. The APP fellow will also attend educational activities every quarter at the UC Davis Health Campus. The APP fellow will participate in a structured, mentored, accelerated program to develop advanced clinical knowledge, skills, professional behaviors, and practice management for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs). However, this is not a remedial program. The focus of the program is on enhancing advanced clinical knowledge and proficiency, gaining practice management expertise, improving clinical decision-making, and exposure to clinical teaching skills. This appointment will employ a practice-based environment to prepare APPs to care for patients autonomously in a clinical practice environment as well as building teaching skills such as those required for a clinical preceptor, clinical instructor, or clinician educator.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:

As part of this experience and with guidance from experienced faculty and clinicians, the APP Fellow - Health Sciences Clinical Instructor will be responsible for developing a minimum of one clinical education activity for students, nursing staff, or peers, and participating in at least three activities such as: co-precepting a nurse practitioner or physician assistant student, co-leading clinical skill labs, or facilitating small groups during simulations or case discussions. Teaching activities could also include providing a lecture to students or peers, teaching clinical procedures, providing feedback, and/or assisting with training.

The APP Fellow - Health Sciences Clinical Instructor will also be involved in a limited scholarly activity and limited committee service commensurate with this position.

CRITERIA:

Candidates must have graduated with a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited nurse practitioner (family, adult gerontology, women's health, psychiatric mental health, or pediatric primary care only) or program in the state of California within 18 months of the start of the program which is October 1, 2026. Candidates cannot have completed their N.P producing master's or doctoral degree earlier than April 1, 2025. Candidates must pass the national certification exam and be fully licensed as a nurse practitioner in the state of California prior to the start of the program, October 1, 2026. Please refer to the checklists on the program's website for specific due dates.

Successful candidates will demonstrate excellent clinical and communication skills and may have experience or express a goal of practicing in an underserved setting or clinical teaching. A candidate for appointment in the HSCP Series shall be evaluated by the following criteria with the primary emphasis focused on clinical and clinically relevant teaching and patient care services. The five criteria areas are:

1. Professional clinical competence and experience
2. Teaching
3. Scholarly or creative activity
4. University and public service
5. Experiences with or contributions to inclusive excellence

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduation from an accredited population specific nurse practitioner program (family, women's health, pediatric primary care, psych-mental health, and adult gerontological primary care only) in the state of California with a master's or doctoral degree or a post-master's certificate. Applicants who have completed the NP education portion of a doctorate program within 18 months of the start of the fellowship program are eligible to apply.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (required at time of start):

Successful candidates must obtain the following items by the due dates listed on the following webpage:

https://health.ucdavis.edu/nursing/academics/PrimaryCareAPPFellowship.html

1. California registered nurse, nurse practitioner, and drug/device furnishing licenses from the California BRN
2. Completion of the schedule II opiate prescribing course in preparation for DEA license
3. National Board Certification
4. Current BLS certification

REQUIREMENTS:

All candidates are required to answer three questions provided in this application that will serve as a statement of purpose, submit a curriculum vitae, contact information for two references, and a copy of their graduate degree program transcript.

We strongly recommend that applicants review the program's website at https://health.ucdavis.edu/nursing/academics/PrimaryCareAPPFellowship-how-to-apply.html

Applicants should apply online at: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/.

If you have any questions about this recruitment, please email: mdann@health.ucdavis.edu.

School: https://health.ucdavis.edu/nursing/ourteam/join/index.html

Graduation from an accredited family, women's health, pediatric primary care, psych-mental health, or adult gerontological primary care nurse practitioner program in the state of California with a master's or doctoral degree within 18 months of the start of the program (educational program completion cannot be prior to April 1, 2025). Applicants who are pursuing but will not have completed their doctoral degree by the start of the fellowship are eligible but must have completed the NP portion of their doctoral program (allowing them to take a national certification exam by the dates outlined in the Credentialing Documents Checklist) within the 18-month window stated above.

Successful candidates must obtain the following items by the due dates listed on the webpage (see checklists):

webpage at https://health.ucdavis.edu/nursing/academics/PrimaryCareAPPFellowship.html

1. Current California registered nurse, nurse practitioner, and drug/device furnishing licenses from the California BRN
2. Completion of the schedule II opiate prescribing course in preparation for DEA license.
   
   
3. National Board Certification.
   
   
4. Current BLS certification.
   
   

Successful candidates will provide clinical services in contracted community-based clinics, including Federally Qualified Health Centers at least four days per week. The remaining time will be comprised of:

* educational activities including the immersive education curriculum with online advanced-learning modules, on-site training at UC Davis Health simulation centers, and scholarly or creative activities

* specialty clinical rotations, if available

* teaching requirements

* service professional expectations.

Salary is funded for one year by a combination of Health Resources and Services Administration grant funds and clinical revenues. The University offers a comprehensive benefits package.

• 2 required (contact information only)

Contact information for two references are required at the time of application. One must be from a didactic core faculty or program director and the second must be from a clinical faculty or preceptor. This may be a preceptor if the experience was in primary care and lasted at least 160 hours.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
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