ChristianaCare is looking for APC Applicants (Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants) who have been licensed less than 18 months to join our innovative and customized 12 month APC Fellowship in Neurocognitive Care. The selected candidate will be given the opportunity to obtain expertise in the treatment of patients with complex neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders (such as Alzheimer’s disease, vascular, frontotemporal, Lewy Body dementia, Parkinson’s disease, mild cognitive impairment).
Based at ChristianaCare’ s Swank Memory Center, fellows will engage in an immersive learning environment, alongside a multidisciplinary care team that includes geriatric medicine, geriatric psychiatry, neurology, nursing, and social work. Experts in sleep medicine, neuroradiology, pharmacology, and genetics provide additional training and supervision. Fellows will gain experience with the latest in biomarker testing and newly approved anti-amyloid therapies for Alzheimer’s disease. The Swank Memory Center is a site for CMS’ GUIDE Program, and fellows will work close our GUIDE Teams. Weekly didactics and supervision fosters learning in a supportive environment that nurtures work/life balance.
Each selected Fellow will receive an annual salary of $82,000. Fellows are considered full-time employees of ChristianaCare with benefits. The expectation is that Fellows who meet performance objectives and demonstrate ChristianaCare values will apply for permanent employment in a CCHS practice after completing the program at a rate commensurate with 1 year of experience.
This is a program that allows for a supported transition into the role of a Provider and we hope you consider joining ChristianaCare on this journey!
Education and Experience Requirements:
Master’s degree as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse or graduation from an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant Program
License or license eligible in the State of Delaware
Prescriptive authority required in Delaware
Certification in BLS
To apply for this program, you will need to complete the online application, submit a resume, and cover letter.
If you meet the minimum requirements, please have 2 reference letters on hand to be ready to be sent.
Post End DateMar 18, 2026EEO Posting StatementChristiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
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Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,336 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute. ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work, rated by Forbes as the 2nd best health system for diversity and inclusion, and the 29th best health system to work for in the United States, and by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is rated by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and continually ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and other national quality ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care
