About

Atrium Health Center for Advanced Practice Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship

Due to the pace that healthcare and modalities of healthcare delivery are growing and changing, we are seeking dynamic, inquisitive, hardworking and committed NPs and PAs eager to serve the populations and communities who seek care at Atrium Health. Our primary training location is Charlotte, NC with post-Fellowship employment eligibility at any of our enterprise locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, or Alabama.

We have designed a clinical program that symbiotically combines specialty-specific rotations and didactic curriculum with enterprise-specific professional resources that culminate in the development of diverse and advanced skillsets. Our graduates are highly competitive for employment and thrive within Atrium Health. The APP Fellowship experiences derived from quality clinical rotations, mentored professional activities, immersion into systems-based practice and experience with clinical scholarly work; allows the fellowship program to serve as an ideal pipeline of highly trained APPs across any of our geographic locations. We remain committed to training and retaining our graduates wherever and whenever possible.

Goals of the Fellowship:

• Enhance the clinical knowledge and expertise of our APPs needed to optimize practice and demonstrate improved clinical outcomes within Atrium Health
• Serve as an immersion in specialty-specific experiences that prepare APPs for critical thinking above the level received in formal education
• Expand our APPs knowledge of evidenced-based practice, basic research techniques, guideline development and quality improvement initiatives, aimed to improve patient care outcomes within Atrium Health

The CAP Difference

An innovative 12-month curriculum composed of live didactics, online classrooms, simulation, proctored invasive procedures and mentored clinical experiences

• Unique PA and NP collaboration
• Highly competitive stipend and benefits
• Professional development and mentoring
• Access to system-wide education and conferences
• Multidisciplinary approach to patient care
• Expertise in managing the office setting
• Participation in evidence-based quality improvement
• Complementary CME opportunities
• Development of a robust referral network

Tracks - We offer various medical and surgical specialties across FOUR different cities: Charlotte, NC, Winston-Salem, NC, Macon, GA, and Chicago, IL

Contact: PA Fellowship Director (Melissa.Ricker@atriumhealth.org)