Lead Advanced Practice Provider - Cardiovascular Surgery

Nevada System of Higher Education•Glenview, IL

21h•$69 - $96•Onsite

About The Position

Exciting opportunity to join Endeavor Health Cardiovascular Institute – Cardiovascular Surgery Team! Under the direction of the collaborating physician(s), provides care to patients. Maintains clinical responsibilities and provide appropriate care to patients as part of the heath care team. Leads, facilitates, coaches, and mentors APP staff for professional development and growth. Assures compliance with financial goals through ensuring adequate staffing, development of budgets, routine monitoring of results and analysis of variances. Collaborates with the manager to support patient care, and develop strategic operational plans. Supervises and leads professional APP practice and patient care to ensure care is delivered in a safe and competent manner. Ongoing development/participation in events such as workshops, in-service programs, and departmental meetings. Accountable for the delivery of high-quality patient care within the critical care units/departments. Assures the establishment and utilization of standards for patient care that are consistent with national and/or specialty standards. Within the shared decision-making model of practice, creates an environment where professional APP's are accountable and responsible for practice by utilizing research, evidence based and/or best practices to guide the APP staff in making decisions related to patient care. Acts as the clinical expert for the APP team they lead. Coordinates and provides performance reviews, in collaboration with collaborating MD & manager. Works with APP staff in ensuring appropriate/reliable data collection. Oversees data reports including but not limited to Productivity, billing. Coordinates the APP schedule including student APP’s. Participates in recruitment/retention activities. Coordinates/validates APP billing activities. Provide administrative coverage for the team in the APP Managers absence. Assists in time keeping/payroll tasks. Maintains membership in at least one Professional organization. Manages human resources functions in order to ensure that Endeavor Health policy and procedures are consistently followed amongst all staff. Collaborates with manager re: APP retention and turnover data, developing appropriate action plans when needed. Knowledge & demonstration of Endeavor Health Service Values and customer service standards and ensuring APP colleagues uphold the same. Knowledge of the federal, state and local laws that apply to job's area of responsibility. Knowledge of Endeavor Health policies and procedures that apply to job and area of responsibility. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure in the State of IL required
Federal DEA and Illinois Controlled Substance License required
Completion of Master’s level program in specialty area required
BLS/CPR and ACLS certifications required
Minimum 3+ years of PA experience
Excellent project management skills, including the ability to work independently, and demonstrate initiative in identifying solutions to problems.
Ability to work effectively and productively as a member of a team of diverse individuals, including physicians, administrators, superiors and subordinates.
Must consistently demonstrate professionalism, flexibility and ownership of assigned responsibilities.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal.

Nice To Haves

Ability to develop and manage practice budgets
Ability to develop financial proformas to evaluate practice business decisions.

Responsibilities

Provides care to patients under the direction of collaborating physician(s).
Maintains clinical responsibilities and provides appropriate care to patients as part of the health care team.
Leads, facilitates, coaches, and mentors APP staff for professional development and growth.
Assures compliance with financial goals through ensuring adequate staffing, development of budgets, routine monitoring of results and analysis of variances.
Collaborates with the manager to support patient care and develop strategic operational plans.
Supervises and leads professional APP practice and patient care to ensure care is delivered in a safe and competent manner.
Participates in ongoing development/events such as workshops, in-service programs, and departmental meetings.
Accountable for the delivery of high-quality patient care within critical care units/departments.
Assures the establishment and utilization of standards for patient care consistent with national and/or specialty standards.
Creates an environment where professional APPs are accountable and responsible for practice by utilizing research, evidence-based and/or best practices to guide APP staff in making decisions related to patient care.
Acts as the clinical expert for the APP team they lead.
Coordinates and provides performance reviews, in collaboration with collaborating MD & manager.
Works with APP staff in ensuring appropriate/reliable data collection.
Oversees data reports including but not limited to Productivity and billing.
Coordinates the APP schedule including student APPs.
Participates in recruitment/retention activities.
Coordinates/validates APP billing activities.
Provides administrative coverage for the team in the APP Manager's absence.
Assists in timekeeping/payroll tasks.
Maintains membership in at least one Professional organization.
Manages human resources functions to ensure Endeavor Health policy and procedures are consistently followed amongst all staff.
Collaborates with manager regarding APP retention and turnover data, developing appropriate action plans when needed.
Demonstrates Endeavor Health Service Values and customer service standards and ensures APP colleagues uphold the same.
Maintains knowledge of federal, state, and local laws applicable to the job's area of responsibility.
Maintains knowledge of Endeavor Health policies and procedures applicable to the job and area of responsibility.
Performs other duties as assigned.