Psychiatric Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship

Psychiatric Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship

Our Psychiatric Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship is designed for newly graduated nurse practitioners and physician assistants seeking clinical experience in psychiatry. APPs with no psychiatric background who want to transition to psychiatric specialty care.

The psychiatric APP fellowship is a 12-month post-graduate, precepted training program located at Unity Center for Behavioral Health beginning November 2026. Fellows will be employees of OHSU and credentialed at Legacy Health, and will be embedded with an advanced team of dedicated, skilled OHSU and Legacy staff promoting outstanding behavioral health care.

The duties of this position include:

• Fellows will complete three clinical rotations, during which they will provide behavioral health care with a preceptor, in each of the following service lines at Unity Center for Behavioral Health:
• Psychiatric Emergency Service [PES]
• Emergency Substance Use Disorder Unit [E-SUD]
• Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
• In addition, fellows will engage in once weekly didactics throughout the program.

Required Qualifications

We accept two applicants for the program each year. By the start of the program, successful applicants must:

• Be a U.S. citizen or legally able to work in the U.S.
• Have completed an accredited physician assistant or nurse practitioner program
• Have unencumbered licensure as either:
• A physician assistant with the Oregon Medical Board, or
• A nurse practitioner with the Oregon State Board of Nursing
• Have national board certification as either:
• Physician assistant from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants by the start of the program
• OR
• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from a nationally accredited organization
• Eligible for DEA licensure
• BLS/ACLS certified.

Additional Details

Submit the following requirements as a complete package for your application to be considered:

• Completed OHSU online application. Upload:
• Curriculum vitae - Please be sure to include months and years (MM/YYYY format) to the resume for jobs/work experience.
• Statement describing why you are pursuing a post-graduate fellowship and your career goals upon completion of this program. Format should be no more than one page, double-spaced, in 12-point font.
• Unofficial PA or NP graduate transcripts. Your accredited program must email these directly to View email address on click.appcast.io
• Three letters of recommendation. Evaluators must use official letterhead and email them directly to View email address on click.appcast.io by July 15, 2026. Letters from applicants will not be accepted.
• For new graduates: one letter of recommendation must be submitted from a physician or APP mentor, one from a faculty member of your graduate program, and one from a person of your choice who is qualified to comment on your professional practice.
• For experienced APPs: one letter of recommendation must be submitted from a physician or APP mentor, one from a peer, and one from a person of your choice who is qualified to comment on your professional practice.

Why Apply to OHSU?

We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington. All are welcome. OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact View email address on click.appcast.io

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