Advanced Practitioner Manager - Pediatrics

St. Luke’s University Health Network•Easton, PA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Advanced Practitioners is a clinical leader, but also administratively responsible for physician assistants and nurse practitioners (APs), in reference to personnel matters and day to day operations. Partners with service line’s physician and administrative leadership, ensuring the AP onboarding/orientation, education, and daily clinical operations, are successfully accomplished and aligned with the service-line’s strategy and goals. Responsible for ensuring the APs are efficient, coordinated, and compliant with department policies & procedures. Responsible for APs day-to- day operations, ensuring high quality standard of care is delivered and strategic goals are achieved, in a fiscally responsible manner. In addition to the Manager, Advanced Practitioners position, he/she is responsible for providing clinical services to the service line as defined in the Advanced Practitioner job description.

Requirements

Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Medical Physician Assistant, or Osteopathic Physician Assistant with current license to practice in the state of Pennsylvania and/or New Jersey.
Master’s Degree required; MHA/MBA preferred; Doctorate optional.
Physician Assistants must also have a current certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

Nice To Haves

Three (3) years experience in Advanced Practitioner leadership preferred.

Responsibilities

Partners with administrative and physician leadership, in accomplishing the goals and initiatives of the department.
Serve as a mentor and resource for service-line’s APs, regarding clinical, professional, and administrative leadership development.
Responsible for service-line’s APs day to day operations
In conjunction with physician leadership and administration, is responsible for advance practitioner personnel matters & decisions, both internal and external, to the department. (i.e. formal counseling for disciplinary reasons)
Identifies needs and required support for the APs within the department.
Assists with development of programs or services, to meet those needs.
Resource for staff and physicians, in relation to AP scope of practice, the multidisciplinary care model, and the job role of the AP.
Coordination of AP students being assigned, and successfully completing clinical rotations with service-line and/or provider group.
Assists with recruitment & hiring of APs
Maintains a formal/documented onboarding/orientation process for APs hired onto the service line.
Ensures completion of required AP educational activities & requirements (i.e. competency, skill reviews, mandatory in-servicing)
Facilitates and/or participates in AP group, service-line, hospital, and/or unit operational and clinical committee meetings
Attends and participates in department’s operations, clinical review/development, and performance improvement/quality committees and/or meetings.
Ensures monthly rounding, and annual performance evaluations, are completed on APs, in a timely manner
All duties, responsibilities, and functions of the Advance Practitioner job description
Other related duties, as assigned