Neonatal ICU Physician Assistant Fellow - Fall 2025
Neonatal ICU Physician Assistant Fellow - Fall 2025
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Job Description
Join our NICU Physician Assistant Fellowship Program and advance your career under the direction of experienced physicians. This oneyear program offers comprehensive training in neonatology including mentorship didactic teaching and simulation skills training. As a PA fellow youll develop into a competent Neonatal FrontLine Clinician responsible for direct patient care and followup through a structured curriculum. The program focuses on education clinical practice consultation and professional development preparing you to excel in neonatal care. This is a great opportunity to enhance your skills and make a significant impact in neonatal medicine.
Where Youll Train:
The Dale and Karen Sisel Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Atrium Health Levine Childrens is a leading and expansive intensive care nursery in North Carolina catering to over 700 infants annually from northwest North Carolina southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee. Being a Level IV NICU it offers stateoftheart individualized care for infants born as early as 22 weeks gestational age ensuring the best chances of survival and longterm wellbeing. The units multidisciplinary team specializes in treating a wide range of congenital and acquired health conditions such as heart defects respiratory distress infections and various other neonatal issues.
Reports to:
Paige Tesh NICU APP Fellowship Director
What Youll Do:
- As a part of the learning process will utilize advanced assessment skills to support the management of a cohort of patients. Performs and documents daily assessments. Collects and analyzes data and formulates a familycentered plan of care. Evaluates and monitors the effectiveness of the prescribed treatment plan. As a trainee works collaboratively to communicate the plan of care and potential changes to this plan to the supervising physician and assigned Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.
- Demonstrates a commitment to patient safety by speaking up about safety issues and changing practices to enhance safety. Shares errors or potential errors through system reporting mechanisms. Demonstrates shared accountability for safe practice.
- Participates in the Neonatology Physician Assistant Fellowship Program educational curriculum. Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate educational offerings.
- Utilizes advanced knowledge and skills to provide nursing and selected medical procedures for neonates and infants.
- Communicates and collaborates with appropriate members of the health care team including patient families.
- Works to improve the quality of care provided to neonates.
- Advances the care of neonates through participation in and application of the research process. Shares knowledge on a formal and informal basis with interdisciplinary team as relates to specialty area.
- Ensures the continuous quality of professional services by maintaining updated knowledge and skills.
- Maintaining current and valid licensure to provide continuous services to prevent the spread of bloodborne and/or airborne disease(s).
- Ensures age/developmentally appropriate patient care is provided in accordance with AgeSpecific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
Fellow Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant Program; Masters Degree preferred
- Current North Carolina Medical Board Medical License Certified by NCCPA
- BLS PALS and NRP required upon orientation
Required Documentation to Apply:
Email documents below directly to Neonatal recruiter Christine Phelps at upon submitting application:
- A Curriculum Vitae
- Onepage Statement of Interest in postgraduate fellowship training in the specialty you are applying for.
- PA Graduate Transcripts (unofficial transcripts accepted for current student applicants).
- A recent professional in nature passportsize photograph (jpeg format*.
- Three written Letters of Recommendation (PDF Version).
- One from a Physician
- One from an APP mentor or colleague (APP preceptor mentor etc.
- One from either:
- PA Faculty Member (required for new graduates with no work experience)
- APP mentor or colleague (recommended for those with working experience)
Employment Type
Full-Time
