"Advanced Practice Provider Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship Program (2026-2027)"

Advanced Practice Provider Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship Program (2026-2027)

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Posted: 23-Dec-25

Location: New York, New York

Type: Full-time

Categories: Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 94594

The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Oncology Fellowship Hospice and Palliative Care subspecialty track is a 12-month post-graduate training program for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) who wish to transition into oncology-based care. The program is open to newly graduated APPs, as well as those with prior experience as an APP. The fellowship is especially well-suited for those looking to gain specialty exposure to oncology and those eager for an immersive learning experience. This fellowship allows for in-depth clinical training while affording protected educational time, which will help develop the APP as a well-rounded and extremely knowledgeable provider prepared to practice patient care in the cancer care continuum.

Throughout the fellowship program, fellows will:

• Develop skills to strengthen critical thinking
• Build the confidence to work within a professional clinical setting
• Exercise self-directed learning
• Utilize and integrate evidence-based practice into patient care

Please visit our website for full program details.

Please submit all required documents as one PDF document in the "resume" section of the application.

• Curriculum vitae
• A personal statement
• Three letters of recommendation

Work Hours:

• Fellows may be asked to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Average work week is about 50 hours to include clinical learning and protected didactic learning time.

Fellow Clinical Responsibilities Will Include:

• Gathering a comprehensive patient history
• Performing a comprehensive physical examination
• Ordering and analyzing laboratory and diagnostic studies
• Formulating differential diagnoses, offering rationale for clinical decisions, and implementing treatment plans
• Evaluating patient response to treatment
• Coordination of patient care
• Active participation within the interdisciplinary healthcare team
• Accurate and complete documentation of patient encounters
• Performing procedures
• Participation in didactic learning experiences, including projects and presentations

Fellowship Stipend: $100,000

Benefits:

• APP Fellows are eligible for clinical trainee benefits.
• While not a guarantee, fellows are eligible to apply for MSK housing.

Eligibility & Requirements:

You are a highly motivated critical thinker with a strong desire to care for the oncology patient population. You are empathetic, resourceful, you communicate well, and enjoy working interprofessionally. You are seeking a fellowship position in an environment that fosters mutual respect, leadership, ethical decision-making, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

All Applicants Must:

• Be graduates of an accredited Nursing, NP, and/or PA program in the United States
• Have current New York State Registered Nurse (RN) and Nurse Practitioner (NP) licenses or a Physician Assistant (PA) license
• Have appropriate NP/PA board certification (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant)

Important Dates

• Application Opens: December 22, 2025
• Application Closes: February 27, 2026
• Fellowship Start Date: June 29, 2026
• Fellowship End Date: July 2, 2027

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews will occur on a rolling basis between December 22, 2025 and February 27, 2026.

Important, please complete the questions located here: Fellowship - Logistical Questions - Fill out form