Acclaim Psychiatry APP Fellowship

JPS Health Network • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

The Community Psychiatry Fellowship for Advanced Practice Providers is a 12-month paid postgraduate training program for licensed psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The fellowship focuses on the delivery of high-level psychiatric care at the community level.

The program is housed within the Department of Behavioral Health and Psychiatry at JPS Health Network, a partner with Acclaim Health.

APP fellows are contracted for 12 months with Acclaim Multi-Specialty Group. At the completion of the program, full-time positions may be offered depending on department needs and fellow performance.
Up to 4 fellows are accepted per cycle, with cycles occurring annually.
Fellows participate in a continuity clinic throughout the year.
Fellows spend three months training in each rotation site (inpatient units, partial hospitalization program, consult-liaison service, and psychiatric emergency room).
Fellows attend didactics twice per week for four-hour blocks.
Fellows participate in a structured mentorship program.
Leadership is promoted through committee and quality improvement project participation.

Didactics:
Fellows attend didactics twice per week for four-hour blocks on Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings.
Fellows join physician residency lectures for ethics, well-being, patient safety, quality, and psychopharmacology topics.
Diagnostics, clinical decision-making, and psychopharmacology reviews are incorporated into every week
Incremental assessments will be included throughout the year.

Benefits of the Program:
On-site continuing education programs
Annual stipend
Dedicated CME funds
Training in consult-liaison psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, outpatient clinic, partial hospitalization, and inpatient units including adolescent, adult, and the local commitment alternative unit.
Experience working with a large multi-disciplinary team
Participation in research and quality improvement initiatives

Application Process:
To be considered for the Acclaim Multi-Specialty Group Psychiatry APP Fellowship program, you must submit an application along with all required documentation below during an open application time frame. When submitting your online application, you will also need to attach all of the following documentation for your application to be considered complete:
1. Curriculum Vitae (CV) with professional work history, education, and clinical rotations.
2. Work history must include dates (month and year), status (full-time, part-time, etc.)
3. Clinical rotations must include the location, dates, # of hours completed, and your preceptor's name and title.
4. Undergraduate and Graduate Transcripts (Unofficial copy from schools’ website is acceptable)
5. Letter of recommendation from a prior employer or your educational program.
6. Essay Responses (There is no required length for the following responses. Please type your responses and include them in a separate document. There does not need to be a separate document for each response.
- Please describe the most meaningful health-related experience that has led you to seek a career in behavioral health. Be sure to include the value of your experiences that prepare you to be a psychiatric advanced practice provider.
- Please describe your personal characteristics (background, talents, skills, etc.) that would add to treatment teams.
- Please describe any past academic recognition (significant academic honors, awards, scholarships, or other academic recognition), leadership (Leadership roles or positions of responsibility), and community service activities (non-health care related community service or volunteer activities).

Requirements

• Graduation from either an ARC-accredited PA program OR graduation from a nationally accredited PMHNP program (i.e. CCNE)
• Valid and unencumbered licensure as a PMHNP or PA
• Unrestricted DEA certificate
• If you are a current JPS Health Network Employee, you must not be under any disciplinary action or on a performance improvement plan.

Benefits

• On-site continuing education programs
• Annual stipend
• Dedicated CME funds
• Training in consult-liaison psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, outpatient clinic, partial hospitalization, and inpatient units including adolescent, adult, and the local commitment alternative unit.
• Experience working with a large multi-disciplinary team
• Participation in research and quality improvement initiatives

What This Job Offers

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