Primary Care Residency for Family Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants at Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, Inc. – Worcester, Massachusetts

Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester Massachusetts is looking for new Physician Assistants or Family Nurse Practitioners for their 2026-2027 APP Residency cohort.

PROGRAM DETAILS:
This 12-month, full-time residency provides new Advance Practice Provider (APP) graduates (within 18 months of graduation) with the foundation to build their career as a Primary Care Provider (PCP) in Community Health. Residents will be full-time employees and receive salary, support, and benefits. The Post-Graduate Advanced Practice Provider Residency in Community Health will:
• Prepare Family APPs to become comprehensive Primary Care Providers for complex underserved populations across the life span.
• Build upon the clinical knowledge acquired during formal education by providing clinical and professional support for APPs in an active learning environment.
• Expand the number of APPs interested in building lifelong long careers in community health
• Prepare APPs for careers in organizations that provide care to underserved patient populations.

Residents work alongside preceptors and team members with a wide variety of expertise and clinical interests. Under the direct guidance of attending NPs, PAs, MDs, and DOs, Residents will have precepted continuity sessions where they see their own panel of primary care patients. Residents will also have Internship/Shadow sessions, during which they will work alongside an experienced provider. Furthermore, Residents will have Specialty Sessions which may include areas 2 such as reproductive health, addiction medicine, urgent care, infection disease clinic, procedure clinic, and telemedicine. Residents will also participate in weekly Didactic Sessions.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS:
• Applicants must be within 18 months of graduation from their Nurse Practitioner program.
•Applicants must agree to a full-time, 12-month residency and commit to a second year of full time employment at the health center
• Applicants must be a citizen of the US or a foreign national with a visa permitting permanent residency in the US or a non-citizen national. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.

To access the official application, please follow this link: https://www.kennedychc.org/app/