Family Nurse Pracitioner Residency

This 12-month post-graduate Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) residency provides additional skills training as well as independent mentorship experience in a community health center. The intensive clinical program prepares FNPs to meet the needs of the culturally diverse and clinically complex patients who are typical of a community health center practice. This residency is the first nurse practitioner residency in the state, and the first in the country which integrates nurse practitioner residency training with family medicine physician residency training.

During this residency, FNP residents will work in a full service Patient-Centered Medical Home, side by side with clinicians experienced in treating a diverse patient population, and who understand the importance of population health management. These clinical leaders also have close ties to and participate in programs with the UMass Medical School. Within the health centers’ family practice model, FNPs will be exposed to a wide variety of health care services including chronic disease management, medication-assisted treatment, integrated behavioral health care, LGBTQ care, global health, and HIV services. Within the health center sites in Worcester, FNPs will also have the opportunity to engage in a variety of programs and services that enhance care delivery.

Family nurse practitioner residents develop and maintain their own panel of patients to facilitate continuity of care. The hallmarks of this residency include distance learning opportunities for the FNP residents along with the family medicine residents and skilled preceptors for clinical expertise and mentorship during clinical sessions. Residents are employees of their residency employment site and will comply with all patient care policies as such. It is anticipated that each resident will show clinical growth, improved clinical confidence, and increased perceived preparedness by the end of this NP residency.

Residency Goals:

• Improve clinical confidence
• Enhance provider autonomy
• Develop skills that improve patient care outcomes
• Better prepare to meet the needs of complex patients
• Improve job satisfaction in Community Health
• Improve provider retention

The application is now available at HERE and is due by February 13, 2023.

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