Advanced Practice Provider (NP / PA) Multispecialty Hospitalist Program

Position Description:

The Medical College of Wisconsin's postgraduate fellowship programs provide a structured clinical and professional education to foster growth.

The Multi-specialty Hospitalist Advanced Practice Provider (APP) fellowship program is an innovative one-year training program that teaches APP fellows to become highly skilled in the multidisciplinary, collaborative, and evidence-based management of complex and challenging patients in the acute care (inpatient) environment.

The curriculum is composed of multi-modal learning opportunities that may include the following: in-person didactics, online classrooms, simulation, proctored procedures and/or mentored clinical rotations.

Fellows will have core and elective rotations in the inpatient environment at Froedtert Health providing specialty health care services within defined scope of practice in collaboration with a licensed physician and in accordance with MCW/FMLH policies and procedures.

Core Responsibilites:

• Performs comprehensive histories and physical exams, identifies normal and abnormal findings, including physical, cognitive and psychosocial status.
• Orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatment plans.
• Monitors effectiveness of plan of care.
• Educates patients on disease and treatment plans.
• Performs procedures as trained and appropriately credentialed.
• Documents within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and completes other necessary documents.
• Collaborates and/or consults with physicians and other health care providers as appropriate.
• Educates, counsels, and assists patients and families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities and preventive behaviors.

Fellowship Specific Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care teams in diagnosis and treatment of conditions requiring acute intervention in inpatient environment as a member of the inpatient team.
• Writes accurate and timely progress notes, procedure notes, and/or admission and transfer orders.
• Order, perform, and interpret screening and diagnostic procedures and tests, and appropriately communicates and documents information.
• Privileged to perform procedures beyond core as identified by the program leader.
• Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the continuum of care.
• Attend required training and meets key regulatory requirements, including those of the privileging institution, CMS, and the Joint Commission.
• Evaluates quality outcomes for the patients receiving care of this team through participation in the development of quality indicators and outcomes dashboard.
• Acquires information on the most current development and trends in the Physician Assistant field and/or Nurse Practitioner field, through educational programs, in-services, professional associates, and current literature.
• APP fellows must meet and maintain the expectations outlined in the APP fellowship handbook.
• Successful completion of the APP fellowship program requires meeting all requirements outlined in APP fellowship handbook within the 12-month duration of the program. Upon meeting all program requirements, APP fellows earn a certificate of completion.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and requirements. Scheduling flexibility is required to accommodate changing business needs

Learn more about:

Medical College of Wisconsin

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the state's only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. MCW consists of a School of Medicine with campuses in Milwaukee, Green Bay and central Wisconsin, a School of Graduate Studies, and a Pharmacy School. MCW is a major national research center ranking in the top third of U.S. medical schools in NIH funding and is the second largest research institution in Wisconsin. The core of everything we do at the MCW is academic medicine, which brings together scientists, clinicians, students, and community members to solve challenges in health and society. MCW is a diverse group of thought leaders collaborating to build a healthier world. Every study we conduct, and every patient we see, leads to new learning and a continuous cycle of life-changing knowledge.

Approximately 1,780 MCW physicians and approximately 905 advanced practice providers care for more than 484,000 patients of all ages annually at Children's Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital, Zablocki VA Medical Center and many other hospitals and clinics in eastern Wisconsin, representing more than 5.1 million patient visits annually.

The beautiful, safe, and modern campus of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC) houses Froedtert Hospital, Children's Wisconsin, Curative Care Network, Versiti Blood CResearch Institute, and the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. These member entities share a common mission of excellence in patient care, medical education, biomedical research, and community service.

APP fellows receive compensation during the program. Monthly paychecks start after the completion of the first month of employment. The MCW fellow salary is $75,000 and paid out as per MCW standard process. (may vary by program) Taxes and deductions apply.

In addition to the stipend, APP fellows receive:

• MCW Benefits outlined in the Benefits Enrollment Guide https://infoscope.mcw.edu/HR/Benefits.htm

• Graduate Fellowship Loan Deferment https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/deferment-forbearance

• Malpractice insurance

• On campus parking

• BCLS

• ACLS (if required)

• Continuing education funding by program.

• Additional benefits may be offered based on the individual program.

Preferred Schedule: Scheduling flexibility required to provide for an appropriate level of patient care coverage. The schedule includes majority day shift with night, weekend and possibly holiday shifts while in the acute care environment. There are also education days.

Preferred Schedule:



The schedule includes majority day shift, with night, weekend and possibly holiday shifts while in the critical care environment

Position Requirements:

Preferred Experience:

Advance Practice Nurse: National board certification preference for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. Family Nurse Practitioner, or Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner eligible with 1 year APP practice in acute care setting.

Minimum Education:

Advanced Practice Nurse: Master's Degree or higher in Nursing
Physician Assistant: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Physician Assistant Studies

Minimum Requirements: *or eligible

Advanced Practice Nurse:

• WI RN license
• WI Advance Practice Nurse Prescriber License
• Certification as Advance Practice Nurse
• Certification as Acute Care NP preferred.
• Will consider certification as Family Practice NP, Adult Primary Care, and/or Geriatric NP eligible with 1 year APP practice in acute care setting.
• AHS BCLS

Physician Assistant:

• WI PA license
• Certification by NCCPA
• AHA BLS

MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination


The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.

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