Nurse-OC Family Nurse Practitioner Residency (2025-2026 Academic Year) - HS Clinical Instructor

The Sue & Bill School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine is currently accepting applications for the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Residency Program for the 2025-2026 academic year.

This is a full-time program is designed to develop expert family nurse practitioners equipped to serve diverse, underserved populations in community-based healthcare settings. In partnership with a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), the residency includes:

* Year 1 (Residency Training):

o Direct, hands-on experience in primary care within a community health setting, guided by a dedicated preceptor offering real-time feedback

o Rotations through multiple specialty clinic sites, gaining exposure to complex and commonly encountered conditions in vulnerable populations

o Weekly Didactic Sessions and Quality Improvement (QI) training to enhance clinical reasoning and systems-based practice

o Mentored clinical experiences with an emphasis on navigating complex healthcare delivery

Residents are appointed as Health Sciences Clinical Instructors in the school of nursing and the fellowship is overseen by the Nurse-OC Program Manager.

The program reflects UC Irvine's commitment to healthcare innovation, workforce development, and service to underserved communities, with a strong emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Our mission is to improve the competence, confidence, and retention of novice nurse practitioners through rigorous post-graduate training. Graduates will be prepared to deliver high-quality care, promote health equity, and lead within interdisciplinary teams.

School: https://nursing.uci.edu/

Candidates must have a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree

Applicants must be board eligible/certified and licensed to practice as an FNP in California

Graduated from an accredited NP program within the past 24 months, with no prior employment as a nurse practitioner

• 3 letters of reference required

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

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