Applicants sought for nurse practitioner program

OTHELLO - Columbia Basin Health Association (CBHA) is seeking applicants for its new Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Program.

The residency is a 12-month program which provides intensive training in the clinical complexity of family practice and training to a high performance, Patient Centered Medical Home model for primary care.

The CBHA has partnered with the Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI) in Middletown, Conn. to host and operate its Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Program.

CHCI launched the nation's first formal Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program in 2007. Since that time, it has advanced the model and, to date, has assisted 20 other organizations launch residency programs.

The goals of the Nurse Practitioner Residency in Family Practice and Community Health are:

• Increase access to quality primary care for underserved and special populations.
• Provide new Nurse Practitioners (NPs) with a depth, breadth, volume and intensity of clinical training necessary to serve as primary care providers in the complex setting of the country's Federally Qualified Health Centers.
• Improve the skills, confidence, productivity, and job satisfaction of new nurse practitioners who choose to work in underserved community settings.
• Increase the number of NPs ready to serve in leadership roles in community health settings.

The residency program is specifically intended for family nurse practitioners who are committed to developing careers as primary care providers in the challenging setting of community health centers and other safety net settings.

The program includes: Precepted primary care sessions, specialty rotations, mentored independent clinics and didactic sessions.

Two residency slots are available for the (2014-2015) NP Residency Class. The application deadline is May 15, 2014.

The residency class begins Sept. 3, 2014-August 31, 2015. For more information or to apply, visit our website at: www.cbha.org.

For more information about the residency program, please contact npresidency@cbha.org