Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship (NP/PA/CNS)

About the role

The Cleveland Clinic Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship is a 12-month programme that trains post-graduate Acute Care Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to deliver comprehensive critical care to the most acutely ill medical ICU patients. It runs two cohorts per year, with a start date of Monday 4 May 2027 for Cohort 1 and Monday 4 October 2027 for Cohort 2. Applications close on 18 December 2026 (earlier if the cohort is filled); successful candidates are interviewed virtually on a rolling basis and may be invited for a site visit.

Key responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based care to critically ill adults in a multi-disciplinary, team-based model.
• Complete a boot camp covering the fundamentals of practice, followed by nine months of precepted rotations on intensive care units and other services, then a three-month internship.
• Take part in weekly protected didactic learning (case-based learning, lectures, simulations) and five days a week of clinical training (about 50 hours).
• Participate in basic and advanced procedural simulation, rotations on procedural services and dedicated airway management training in the operating room.
• Receive supervision from department NP/PAs and physician experts, and mentorship on professional development, including a quality or research project presented as an abstract or peer-reviewed article.

Required profile

• Nurse Practitioners: Master's degree in Adult Gerontology Acute Care from an accredited nursing school, current Ohio RN licence, and eligibility for DEA licensure.
• Physician Assistants: Master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant Program and current Ohio licence.
• All certifications and board exams must be completed six weeks before the start date.
• Current BLS/ACLS certification.

Required skills

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
• Airway management

Training takes place across three Cleveland Clinic hospitals in Northeast Ohio: Main Campus, Fairview and Hillcrest. The fellowship is concentrated in the Medical ICU, Medical Intensive Liver Unit, Procedure Service, Consult Service, Coronary Care Unit and related services.