Lead Advanced Practice Provider, Sickle Cell Inpatient

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

109d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sickle Cell and Blood Disorders Program at UT Southwestern is seeking a Lead Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to support its growing inpatient hematology practice. The role combines direct patient care with leadership responsibilities, including caring for medically complex adults, mentoring APP colleagues, and helping develop the team. The Lead APP partners with physician and administrative leadership to promote clinical excellence, team engagement, quality, safety, and operational efficiency.

The position is approximately 80% clinical and 20% administrative/leadership. Clinical work focuses primarily on inpatient care and hematology consultations at Clements University Hospital and Zale Lipshy Pavilion. The schedule is four 10-hour shifts, approximately 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., on a rotating schedule that supports coverage seven days a week.

The employer seeks an experienced, clinically strong, collaborative APP with emotional intelligence and people-management skills. Prior formal leadership experience is preferred but not required; demonstrated leadership potential through mentoring, quality initiatives, presentations, or other contributions beyond day-to-day clinical work is also valued. Experience in sickle cell disease, benign hematology, oncology, critical care, or care of medically complex patients is relevant, with sickle cell or hematology experience highly preferred.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in nursing, completion of an accredited Advanced Practice Education Program, and graduate education and Texas Board of Nursing authorization consistent with the clinical practice area and patient population; or graduation from a master’s degree or higher ARC-PA-accredited Physician Assistant program.
• At least three years of clinical experience as an Advanced Practice Provider.
• Recent experience caring for medically complex adults in sickle cell disease, benign hematology, oncology, critical care, or a related specialty.
• For nurse practitioners: Texas State Board of Nursing APRN licensure and Texas Board of Nursing prescriptive authority upon hire.
• For physician assistants: NCCPA certification and Texas Physician Assistant Board licensure, with registered supervisor and delegation to prescribe upon hire.
• Current applicable American Heart Association Life Support (ACLS) certification(s), based on UT Southwestern policy for APPs, upon hire.
• Clinical strength, collaboration, emotional intelligence, and people-management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Prior leadership or people-management experience.
• Demonstrated leadership through mentorship, professional presentations, committee involvement, quality improvement, program development, or other initiatives.
• Sickle cell or hematology experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage inpatient and, as appropriate, outpatient APP coverage schedules.
• Generate APP-specific data on the performance and productivity of supervised staff; review staff deployment and identify opportunities to optimize it.
• Conduct annual performance evaluations of assigned APP staff in conjunction with division, medical, faculty, and advanced-practice leadership.
• Review safety events and issues related to the assigned team’s APP clinical practice, quality, and safety, as designated by leadership.
• Report observed APP events affecting access, productivity, or clinical practice; discuss barriers to optimal care and support collaborative correction or remediation when appropriate.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of quality-improvement initiatives for APPs and assigned clinical programs.
• Hold regular APP team meetings to identify barriers to patient care and lead discussions to develop resolutions; review meeting outcomes with relevant leadership and faculty.
• Promote APP participation in departmental and institutional continuing medical education opportunities.
• Provide diagnostic and therapeutic patient management within the scope of practice, licensure, and privileges.
• Conduct and document comprehensive initial and ongoing physical examinations based on age and diagnosis, including psychological status.
• Synthesize data and use evidence to develop, implement, and evaluate patient care plans, including ordering and interpreting laboratory, radiology, and other diagnostic studies and results.
• Demonstrate technical and procedural proficiency as appropriate to specialty and training.
• Provide management, referrals, counseling, and education to patients, families, and caregivers regarding current care and preventive health measures.
• Facilitate or participate in quality initiatives and clinical research protocols through planned group processes, workshops, seminars, and staff meetings to improve clinical and system performance.
• Collaborate on research projects and protocols as appropriate and apply evidence-based best practices to patient care.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available on day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage.
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare with no copay.
• Paid time off available on day one.
• Retirement programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).
• Paid parental leave.
• Wellness programs.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualified employer.
• Paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior