Mgr Advanced Practice Behavioral Health / Acute Care Services

Children's Nebraska • Omaha, NE

3h • Onsite

About The Position

The manager of advanced practice providers serves as the practice leader/advocate for the advanced practice providers in the acute behavioral health services and is structured as 0.6 FTE clinical and 0.4 FTE administrative. The Manager works to promote a people first culture, clinical excellence and accomplish organizational and departmental strategic initiatives. The Manager works to support the delivery of quality medical and nursing care through clinical practice. The Manager is a clinical/systems resource for patient, family, and health care providers, who utilizes advanced practice skills for consultation, collaboration, education, leadership, and research. The Manager of Advanced Practice Providers focuses on the APP's clinical practice, as well as the development, analysis, and improvement of systems that impact the division(s) they are responsible for.

Requirements

• Master's Degree or Doctorate Degree in Nursing (MSN or DNP) or PA program from an accredited college or university Required
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience Required
• Experience as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Required
• Satisfy all relevant criteria and qualifications outlined in the Medical Staff Policy on Allied Health Professional, required to be credentialed.
• Maintains practice agreement with service of specialty, and practices within framework of respective scope of practice.
• Must be knowledgeable in billing regulation practices to include documentation requirements/CPT coding regulations.
• Must be able to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature, without loss of efficiency or composure, and be able to perform under stressful conditions when confronted with multiple requests, demonstrating prioritizing skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with multiple disciplines.
• Legible handwriting skills.
• Ability to be self-directed, with minimum supervision, and detail oriented.
• APRN-BC - Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board Certified Upon Hire Required or PA - Physician Assistant Upon Hire Required
• CPNP-AC - Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care Upon Hire Required or PA-C - Physician Assistant Upon Hire Required
• BLS - Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association Upon Hire Required
• DEA License Required
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Cardiology only) Required

Nice To Haves

• 1-3 years of leadership experience Preferred

Responsibilities

• Manages and provides direction for leading, training and hiring: Selects/hires team members and trains and/or oversees the training on job related tasks. Provides oversight for the APP team, guiding coaching and mentoring each member. Makes salary recommendations. Submits notifications for personnel actions (e.g., status changes, terminations). Makes recommendations for human resource needs.
• Operational/Financial Management: Responsible for assisting and implementation of business plans and operational budgeting. Provides oversight to APP productivity and supports the leadership team in monitoring financial reports & making strategic decisions based on data and strategic planning.
• Clinical Care: In collaboration with physicians, assesses patient, synthesizes and analyzes data, develops plan of care, orders diagnostic tests and therapeutic treatments and evaluates clinical outcomes according to individualized patient needs/age specific standards. As the Manger of Advanced Practice Providers will work with Division(s) Chief and Medical Director to ensure consistent clinical practice within the APP team, continuously evaluating practice.
• Prescribing & Documentation Best Practices: Implements therapeutic measures and medications according to the State of Nebraska APRN and PA statutes and organization’s hospital policies. Performs duties as approved in his/her individual Scope of Service, according to organization’s hospital policies. In collaboration with Division Chief and Medical Director will ensure appropriate practice within the team. Demonstrates competency in principles of medication dosing and mechanism of action as it relates to specific diagnosis. Orders/administers medication according to hospital policy, procedure and scope of practice. Demonstrates knowledge and expertise when performing credentialed procedures/specialty skills, independently or with a physician to include:
• Clinical leadership: Assumes leadership role in implementing and reinforcing medical/nursing standards of practice to promote quality patient care within APP team and in the department.
• Preceptorship: Participates in preceptorship/internship of nurse practitioner students, as assigned.

Benefits

• Opportunities for career growth abound as we grow our services and spaces, including the cutting-edge Hubbard Center for Children.
• At Children’s Nebraska, our mission is to improve the life of every child through exceptional care, advocacy, research and education.
• Dedicated to a People First culture, we foster an environment with joy, belonging, wellbeing, learning and growth.

What This Job Offers

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