APC Service Line Lead, Surgical Specialties (San Francisco, CA)

Sutter Health • San Francisco, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The APC Service Line Lead for Surgical Specialties is the designated Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) leader for the service line. Reporting to the Director of Advanced Practice, the lead partners with the Surgical Specialties Service Line Physician Chair, operational leaders, and other stakeholders to provide strategic, operational, and professional leadership and supervisory oversight for APCs. The role advances an integrated advanced practice model by promoting practice excellence and standardization, optimizing scope of practice, improving access and capacity, developing future leaders, and serving as a liaison between APCs and organizational leadership.

The lead supports service-line goals, workforce initiatives, clinical practice models, quality improvement, provider engagement, and professional development. The position includes participation in recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee engagement, coaching, succession planning, and retention efforts, in collaboration with operational leadership. The appointee maintains a 0.7 FTE clinical practice within their specialty and receives 0.3 FTE protected time for leadership and administrative responsibilities. The role is a term-limited, two-year leadership appointment carved out of the APC’s existing position, with no additional compensation or change in employment status. Renewal may be considered based on performance, goals, organizational priorities, and leadership needs.

The APC Service Line Lead reports to the Director of Advanced Practice and continues clinical practice under the supervisory and collaborative practice requirements applicable to their profession and specialty. The lead collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation leadership, and California Pacific Medical Center Operations. The appointment is available exclusively to full-time SWBMG APCs currently practicing within the organization.

Requirements

• Current NP or PA employed full-time (1.0 FTE) within the service line and in good standing.
• At least three years of APC clinical experience.
• Consistently meets performance expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with physicians, APCs, operational leaders, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated interest in leadership, professional development, and practice improvement.
• Ability to balance clinical and administrative responsibilities effectively.
• Must maintain all licensure, certifications, credentials, and clinical qualifications required for continued APC practice in the specialty and service line.

Nice To Haves

• Five or more years of APC clinical experience.
• Leadership experience through committee participation, project leadership, quality improvement initiatives, mentorship, precepting, or other formal or informal leadership roles.
• Experience with provider engagement, workflow optimization, operational improvement, or practice transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing APC practice and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with physician and operational leadership to develop and execute APC strategic priorities and service-line initiatives.
• Represent APC perspectives in service-line planning and organizational decision-making.
• Support service-line growth, access expansion, care model innovation, and implementation of advanced practice initiatives.
• Partner with leadership to identify workforce needs, staffing requirements, and recruitment priorities.
• Participate in APC candidate screening, interviewing, selection, and onboarding.
• Support APC retention, succession planning, and leadership pipeline development.
• Provide day-to-day professional leadership and support for APCs in the service line.
• Participate with operational leadership in performance evaluations, goal setting, professional development planning, and succession planning.
• Collaborate with operational leadership on performance concerns, employee relations issues, and performance improvement activities.
• Promote APC engagement, accountability, professional practice excellence, and adherence to organizational standards; act as a resource and escalation point for APC practice-related concerns.
• Promote consistent APC practice standards and facilitate practice standardization and role clarity across departments and clinic sites.
• Lead efforts to ensure APCs practice at the top of their education, training, and licensure.
• Evaluate opportunities to improve patient access, continuity, capacity, and operational efficiency.
• Support evidence-based practices and care delivery innovations, and partner with physicians and operational leaders to optimize APC utilization and team-based care across ambulatory, inpatient, procedural, perioperative, and surgical environments.
• Lead APC engagement in quality improvement initiatives aligned with service-line and organizational priorities.
• Monitor service-line metrics and identify opportunities to improve patient access, surgical throughput, care coordination, operational efficiency, and patient experience.
• Mentor APCs and support their professional growth, engagement, communication, and participation in shared governance.
• Facilitate communication between frontline APCs and organizational leadership and support development of future APC leaders.
• Review APC workforce, access, productivity, quality, engagement, and retention metrics; use data to identify improvement and growth opportunities.
• Participate in regular reviews of APC performance and service-line outcomes and provide updates on APC initiatives and results to the Director of Advanced Practice and service-line leadership.
• Establish annual goals with the Director of Advanced Practice and service-line leadership, and participate in regular progress reviews.
• Maintain a clinical practice of 0.7 FTE within the individual's specialty while fulfilling leadership and administrative responsibilities using 0.3 FTE protected time.
• Maintain the licensure, certifications, credentials, and clinical qualifications required for continued practice as an APC in the specialty and service line.

Benefits

• Medical coverage beginning on day one, with multiple plan options and domestic partner coverage.
• 100% employer-paid dental and vision coverage.
• 8% employer-funded profit-sharing retirement contribution up to IRS maximums, with no employee contribution required.
• $3,000 annual continuing medical education allowance.
• Relocation assistance.
• Access to professional development resources and opportunities for innovation, mentorship, leadership, and community engagement.
• Fully integrated EPIC EMR across clinic and hospital settings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed