About OHSU
Link www.ohsu.edu
OHSU's singular focus on improving health starts with Oregonians and has global impact. We are the only academic health center in Oregon, but we're also nationally distinct as a university dedicated solely to advancing health sciences. This allows us to concentrate resources on research to prevent and cure disease, on education that prepares physicians, dentists, nurses and other health professionals to succeed in an evolving health care environment, and on patient care that incorporates the latest knowledge and discoveries. We have 18,000 employees and secure competitive research funding of more than $400 million a year. As a public organization, we provide community outreach and services for Oregon's most vulnerable populations. OHSU’s stated mission to improve the health and quality of life for all Oregonians through excellence, innovation and leadership in health care, education and research.

About The Department of Psychiatry
Link https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/psychiatry

The fundamental purpose of OHSU and The Department of Psychiatry is to improve well-being.

The OHSU Department of Psychiatry is part of the OHSU Brain Institute, and focuses on providing excellent clinical treatment to our patients, leading innovative research, and offering hands-on training for the next generation of psychiatrists. Our specialists care for people of every culture and background and it is our mission to value and show appreciation for diversity, showing respect for all people who we treat, teach, and serve.

About Unity Center

Link https://unityhealthcenter.org/

Unity Center for Behavioral Health is a psychiatric emergency service and psychiatric hospital through Oregon Health & Science University’s Department of Psychiatry, and in partnership with other major Oregon health systems. We use a non-coercive, highly community-oriented treatment program, which will prevent hospitalization when possible, and return patients to community services as soon as feasible. The hospital is a major training site for the department’s residency training program, medical students, and other health profession’s trainees

About Portland and Oregon
Link https://www.travelportland.com
Bisected by the Willamette River, Portland is a vibrant city nestled among green woods and waterways. Only 90 minutes from the spectacular Oregon coast or towering Mount Hood, Portland offers the rare accessibility of snow-to-surf. Portland embraces cyclists, hikers, brewpubs, dogs, climbers, artisan coffee shops, book readers, foodies, professional soccer and basketball fans, award-winning wineries, concertgoers and paddle boarders. It’s no wonder Portland constantly ranks as one of America’s favorite lifestyle cities.

Our Psychiatric Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship is designed for: Newly graduated nurse practitioners and physician assistants seeking clinical experience in psychiatry. APPs with no psychiatric background who want to transition to psychiatric specialty care.

The psychiatric APP fellowship is a 12-month post-graduate, precepted training program located at Unity Center for Behavioral Health begins November 2026. Fellows will be employees of OHSU and credentialed at Legacy Health, and will be embedded with an advanced team of dedicated, skilled OHSU and Legacy staff promoting outstanding behavioral health care.

The duties of this position include:

Fellows will complete three clinical rotations, during which they will provide behavioral health care with a preceptor, in each of the following service lines at Unity Center for Behavioral Health:

1. Psychiatric Emergency Service [PES]
2. Emergency Substance Use Disorder Unit [E-SUD]
3. Adult Inpatient Psychiatry

 In addition, fellows will engage in once weekly didactics throughout the program.

We accept two applicants for the program each year. By the start of the program, successful applicants must:

• Be a U.S. citizen or legally able to work in the U.S.
• Have completed an accredited physician assistant or nurse practitioner program
• Have unencumbered licensure as either:
• A physician assistant with the Oregon Medical Board, or
• A nurse practitioner with the Oregon State Board of Nursing
• Have national board certification as either:
• Physician assistant from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants by the start of the program

OR

• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from a nationally accredited organization
• Eligible for DEA licensure
• BLS/ACLS certified.

Submit the following requirements as a complete package for your application to be considered:

• Completed OHSU online application. Upload:
• Curriculum vitae - Please be sure to include months and years (MM/YYYY format) to the resume for jobs/work experience.
• Statement describing why you are pursuing a post-graduate fellowship and your career goals upon completion of this program. Format should be no more than one page, double-spaced, in 12-point font.
• Unofficial PA or NP graduate transcripts. Your accredited program must email these directly to: hancoang@ohsu.edu
• Three letters of recommendation. Evaluators must use official letterhead and email them directly to hancoang@ohsu.edu by July 15, 2026. Letters from applicants will not be accepted.
• For new graduates: one letter of recommendation must be submitted from a physician or APP mentor, one from a faculty member of your graduate program, and one from a person of your choice who is qualified to comment on your professional practice.
• For experienced APPs: one letter of recommendation must be submitted from a physician or APP mentor, one from a peer, and one from a person of your choice who is qualified to comment on your professional practice.

We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington. All are welcome. OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact askhr@ohsu.edu