Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant)

Overview

Princeton University Health Services (UHS) is seeking a Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join a highly collaborative, mission-driven clinical team dedicated to the care of emerging adults. This is a unique opportunity to practice in a dynamic university health setting that prioritizes quality, access, and whole-person care over high-volume, throughput-driven models.

 

UHS delivers integrated, student-centered care through a team-based model that brings together Primary Care, Acute Care, Sexual Health, Travel Health, and Athletic Medicine. Our clinicians work in close partnership not only with one another, but also with Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS), SHARE (Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources, and Education), Health Promotion, and administrative teams across University Health Services—reflecting a systems-oriented approach to student well-being.

 

This position is primarily clinical, offering the opportunity to care for a diverse and engaged young adult population while working alongside highly skilled physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and support staff. Care delivery is grounded in collaboration, shared responsibility, and continuous improvement, with an emphasis on building systems that support both patients and care teams.

Based on individual experience, interests, and operational needs, there may be opportunities to contribute to programmatic areas such as immunization compliance, travel health, eating concerns, and quality improvement initiatives.

 

Medical Services operates within a flexible, seasonally responsive care model. During periods of high demand, the focus is on direct clinical care and access. During lower-demand periods, such as the summer months, there may be opportunities to engage in administrative, programmatic, and quality-focused work aligned with team and organizational priorities.

This role is ideal for a clinician who values team-based care, enjoys working with emerging adults, and is motivated to contribute to both patient care and the systems that support it.

 

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, evidence-based clinical care to undergraduate and graduate students in a primary and acute care setting
• Participate in same-day access care, urgent visits, and longitudinal primary care within a team-based care model
• Collaborate closely with physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and medical assistants to deliver coordinated, patient-centered care
• Contribute to a care model that emphasizes shared responsibility, efficient workflows, and continuous improvement
• Perform comprehensive evaluations, including diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up care for a wide range of conditions common in emerging adults
• Support preventive care and health promotion efforts, including immunizations, sexual health, and chronic condition management
• Participate in travel health and immunization-related care as part of an integrated clinical team, as appropriate
• Engage in programmatic and operational initiatives based on experience and organizational needs, including immunization compliance, quality improvement, or care model development
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams across UHS—including CPS, SHARE, and Health Promotion—to support holistic student care
• Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality documentation in the electronic medical record
• Participate in team meetings, clinical discussions, and system-level improvement efforts aligned with UHS values

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

 

Licensure & Certification

Current, unrestricted New Jersey licensure as either: Professional Nurse/Advanced Practice Nurse (NP), or Physician Assistant (PA).

 

Current national certification as either: Nurse Practitioner (ANCC, AANP, or equivalent), or Physician Assistant through the NCCPA.

 

Active New Jersey CDS and DEA registrations.

 

Current CPR/AED certification.

 

Education

Master's degree or higher from an accredited: Adult, Pediatric, or Family Nurse Practitioner program, or Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

 

Experience

Minimum of five (5) years of experience in primary care, family medicine, college health, student health, or urgent care settings.

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Excellent communication, clinical documentation, and interdisciplinary teamwork skills.

Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic clinical environment.

Commitment to divers