Advanced Practice Providers (Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner) Fellowship Program (2024-2025)

Job Description

The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Oncology Fellowship is a 12-month post-graduate training program for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) who wish to transition into oncology-based care. The program is open to newly graduated APPs, as well as those with prior experience as an APP. The fellowship is especially well-suited for those looking to gain specialty exposure to oncology and those eager for an immersive learning experience. This fellowship allows for in-depth clinical training while affording protected educational time, which will help develop the APP as a well-rounded and extremely knowledgeable provider prepared to practice patient care in the cancer care continuum.

Throughout the fellowship program, fellows will:

• Develop skills to strengthen critical thinking
• Improve procedural abilities,
• Build the confidence to work within a professional clinical setting,
• Exercise self-directed learning, and
• Utilize and integrate evidence-based practice into patient care.

Please visit our website for full program details.

Please submit all required documents as one PDF document in the "resume" section of the application.

• Curriculum vitae
• A personal statement
• Three letters of recommendation

  Applications will be reviewed, and interviews will occur on a rolling basis between March 4th and May 3rd, 2024.

Work Hours:

• Fellows may be asked to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Average work week is about 50 hours to include clinical learning and protected didactic learning time.

Fellow Clinical Responsibilities Will Include (As Appropriate for Each Subspecialty Track):

• Gathering a comprehensive patient history
• Performing a comprehensive physical examination
• Ordering and analyzing laboratory and diagnostic studies
• Formulating differential diagnoses, offering rationale for clinical decisions, and implementing treatment plans 
• Evaluating patient response to treatment
• Coordination of patient care
• Active participation within the interdisciplinary healthcare team
• Accurate and complete documentation of patient encounters
• Performing procedures
• Participation in didactic learning experiences, including projects and presentations

Subspecialty Tracks and Number of APP Fellow Positions Available:

Subspecialty Track

Number of APP Fellow Positions Available as of 04.24.24

Critical Care Medicine

0, all filled

Geriatric Oncology

0, all filled

Hematology/Oncology

0, all filled

Hospice and Palliative Care

3, start date July 2nd

Neurology/Neurosurgery

0, all filled

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

0, all filled

Psycho-Oncology

0, all filled

Solid Tumor Medical Oncology

0, all filled

Surgical Oncology

0, all filled

Annual Stipend:

$100,000

Benefits:

APP Fellows are eligible for clinical trainee benefits. While not a guarantee, fellows are eligible to apply for MSK housing. 

Eligibility & Requirements:

You are a highly motivated critical thinker with a strong desire to care for the oncology patient population. You are empathetic, resourceful, you communicate well, and enjoy working interprofessionally. You are seeking a fellowship position in an environment that fosters mutual respect, leadership, ethical decision-making, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

All Applicants Must:

• Be graduates of an accredited Nursing, NP, and/or PA program in the United States
• Have current New York State Registered Nurse (RN) and Nurse Practitioner (NP) licenses or a Physician Assistant (PA) license and appropriate NP/PA board certification as listed below prior to the MSK credentialing deadline:

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Critical Care Medicine, Geriatric Oncology, Hematology/Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Care, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Psycho-Oncology, Solid Tumor Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology (if also has first assist certification)

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: Geriatric Oncology, Hematology/Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Care, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Psycho-Oncology, Solid Tumor Medical Oncology

Family Nurse Practitioner: Geriatric Oncology, Hematology/Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Care, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Psycho-Oncology, Solid Tumor Medial Oncology, Surgical Oncology (if also has first assist certification)

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Physician Assistant: Critical Care Medicine, Geriatric Oncology, Hematology/Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Care, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Psycho-Oncology, Solid Tumor Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Psycho-Oncology

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