Nicole Seagriff: Nurse Practitioner, Onsite Medical Director, NP Residency Program Clinical Director
No, but really, what do you do as a Nurse Practitioner (NP)…and an Onsite Medical Director…and a NP Residency Program Clinical Director? You stay very, very busy. Nicole has an amazing career path that includes roles she knew early on that she wanted to pursue along with some that she took on when she saw gaps that needed to be filled and opportunities to help make a difference in healthcare communities and patient care. Moving from registered nurse early in her career to nurse practitioner, she was able to start helping patients in a primary care role, which was especially meaningful to her from her own experiences. Later she completed additional training and degrees that furthered her medical education while sharpening her leadership skills, and soon took on roles managing clinical operations and programs at the Community Health Center, Inc., where she practiced.
We talk about the dual nature of her roles in both practice and policy, and how each perspective helps inform the other. She touches on the joys of working in family practice where you can see your patients grow up and treat multiple generations, to the challenges faced by the entire medical community over the past few years in particular. Throughout our conversation, her compassion and care for serving the needs of the communities she works in is ever present.
In addition to her professional responsibilities, Nicole is a passionate advocate for breast cancer research, fundraising and support for patients and survivors. She is President of The Pink Agenda, a nonprofit organization committed to raising money for breast cancer research and care, as well as awareness of the disease among young professionals.
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Nicole Seagriff
Nurse Practitioner, Onsite Medical Director, NP Residency Program Clinical Director
Dr Nicole Seagriff attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2007. Upon graduation she began work as a Registered Nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Yale New Haven Hospital while completing her Master of Science in Nursing degree at Yale University in 2011 to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. While at Yale she recognized the need for access to primary care services for underserved patients and chose to complete an additional year of training through the nation’s first nurse practitioner residency program at The Community Health Center, Inc (CHCI) based in Middletown, CT.
Since completion of the residency program in 2012 she has worked as a primary care provider at CHCI. Concurrently, she serves as the On-Site Medical Director of the Norwalk and Stamford locations of the Community Health Center managing clinical operations of three health centers as well as the Clinical Program Director of the National Nurse Practitioner Residency Program.
In 2016 she graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Duke University with a focus on genetic testing for breast cancer mutations in underserved populations. With an intention to use the leadership skills acquired from her training at Duke, she became the Clinical Program Director overseeing the clinical aspects of the Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program.
In addition to work, she is the President of The Pink Agenda which is a 503© dedicated to raising money and awareness among young professionals for breast cancer research and care. Sin…
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