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Single Largest Employer of APPs in Louisiana
Whether you are starting your career as an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) or already have substantial experience, you are invited to explore a life-changing career with Ochsner Health.
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About Our APPs
Employing over 500 Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) makes Ochsner the single largest employer of APPs in Louisiana, with utilization in more than 90 specialties and subspecialties. As a respected member of our health care team, you'll partner with physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and administrators who are dedicated to Ochsner's mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate, and Innovate.
Consistently recognized as one of the best professions in America, Advanced Practice Providers also represent one of the fastest-growing jobs in the nation. As a result of our APPs, our health system is stronger. Thanks to our APPs, more patients get access to high-quality, cost-effective care.
The Ochsner Health APPs care for and heal our patients in many different settings, from operating rooms and hospital floors to clinic offices. Our patients receive care from APPs every day, night, and weekend, 365 days a year.
As an Advanced Practice Provider at Ochsner, you will provide patient-centered, team-based healthcare that reflects the dignity and worth of each patient, while upholding the Ochsner standard of excellence. Your expertise is valued by patients and by your multidisciplinary care team members.
APP Fellowship Program
Program Overview
The Ochsner Advanced Practice Provider (APP) fellowship is a structured one-year post graduate training program for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs). The programs are designed for those seeking advanced training in both didactic education and clinical skill with a combination of hands-on patient care and additional formal or informal teaching. With the focus to develop APP competence and confidence, this training prepares APPs to build upon the skills necessary for patient care in a protected learning environment. The APP fellow will participate in a specialty-specific didactic curriculum, simulation lab, online modules, hands-on patient care, multidisciplinary rounds, and quality improvement projects.
The APP fellowship programs are appropriate for new NP and PA graduates, as well as experienced APPs wishing to change discipline or career paths. The current tracks include an Acute Care Surgery APP Fellowship and Hospital Medicine APP Fellowship. The anticipated start date of the program is September 2020 with applications due by the end of March.
Program Details
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Fellowship and Application Details
- Length of Program: 12 months
- Program Size: 1-2 Fellows per year per specialty
- Program Start Date: end of September
- Application Deadline: March 31, 2020
- Interviews: Tentative schedule beginning of April
- Benefits: $70,000 with full APP benefits with CME
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Application Requirements
To qualify for the Ochsner APP Fellowship eligible candidates must have:
- Completion of an accredited PA or ACNP Master’s Program
- National Board Certification as a PA or NP (prior to start date)
- Louisiana Licensure as a PA or NP (prior to start date)
- Eligible for prescriptive authority in the state of Louisiana as outlined by the State Board of Nursing or Board of Medical Examiners
- Complete an online application
- Submit one-page Personal Cover Letter
- Submit Current Curriculum Vitae
- Submit 3 Letters of Reference (one from program director)
- Graduate Program Transcripts
- Final Applicants to participate in structured interview selection process
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Acute Care Surgery Program Overview
The goal of the Acute Care Surgery Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship at Ochsner Medical Center is to educate and train APPs to develop proficient didactic and clinical skills in the pre-operative, operative, and post-operative management of the surgical patient. The program will provide APP fellows with advanced clinical competency and procedural skills necessary for a career in surgical sub specialties.
Fellows will be working as a health care team alongside attending physicians, residents, and APPs to provide comprehensive and consistent care for patients.
Didactic Curriculum:
- Simulation Labs
- Procedural Skills
- Morbidity and Mortality Conference
- Didactic Lectures
- Online Surgery Modules
- Multidisciplinary Rounds
- One-on-one clinical education and mentoring
- Quality improvement
- ACLS/BLS courses
Clinical Curriculum
- General Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Abdominal Transplant Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
- Surgical ICU
- Surgical Oncology
- Colorectal Surgery
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Elective Rotation Options
Clinical Duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Providing pre and post-operative patient care in the intensive units and wards
- Performing history and physical examinations
- Daily documentation in hospital record
- Ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies
- Developing and implementing treatment plans
- Assisting in the operative room
- Managing surgical wounds
- Performing invasive procedures with appropriate guidance
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Hospital Medicine Program Overview
The goal of the Hospital Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship is to educate and train APPs to develop proficient skills in managing inpatient and observation status hospitalized patients across the hospital medicine system service line. The program will provide the APP fellows with advanced clinical competency necessary for a medically complex patient population.
Fellows will be working as a health care team alongside attending physicians, residents, and APPs to provide comprehensive and consistent care for patients.
Didactic Curriculum:
- Simulation Labs
- Morbidity and Mortality Conference
- Didactic Lectures
- Online Modules
- Multidisciplinary Rounds
- One-on-one clinical education and mentoring
- Quality improvement
- ACLS/BLS courses
Clinical Curriculum
- Hospital Medicine staff, APP, and specialty teams
- Hospital Medicine Community rotations
- Critical Care Medicine
- Medical Specialties to include cardiology, nephrology, infectious disease, palliative care, and more
- Elective Rotation Options
Clinical Duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Performing history and physical examinations
- Daily documentation in hospital record
- Ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies
- Developing and implementing treatment plans
- Participation in quality improvement projects on the unit
