DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) is accepting applications for its Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program, which begins the first week in September 2025 and run through the end of August 2026. Five residency slots are available for this cohort. The application process will close once all positions are filled.
The program is specifically intended for new family nurse practitioners who are committed to developing careers as primary care providers in the setting of community health centers and other safety net settings. The program structure includes precepted primary care sessions, specialty rotations, mentored independent clinics, didactic sessions, quality improvement, and leadership development.
The residency is a full-time, 12-month salaried position with DCHC's benefits of employment. Residents are provided with intensive training to both the clinical complexity of family practice in the safety net setting, and training to a high performance, patient-centered medical home model of primary care.
The primary goals of this program include:
-Increasing access to quality primary care for underserved, rural, and special populations
-Providing new family nurse practitioners with a depth, breadth, volume, and intensity of clinical training necessary to serve as primary care providers in the complex setting of the country’s Federally Qualified Health Centers
-Improving the skills, confidence, productivity, and job satisfaction of new nurse practitioners, specifically in a safety net setting
-Increasing the number of family nurse practitioners ready to serve in leadership roles in community health centers
To learn more about the program and to apply, visit depaulcommunityhealthcenters.org or email depaulnpresidency@dcsno.org.