Virta Nurse Practitioner Team Leader
About The Position
Virta Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner leader to join their team. This role reports into the Director, Provider Operations and will lead and mentor a team of 10-12 nurse practitioners. The position also involves seeing a part-time panel of Virta patients (0.2 FTE equivalent). The primary responsibilities include driving team performance, supporting professional development, and ensuring clinicians deliver exceptional care and outcomes. The team lead will act as a coach and people leader, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and clinical excellence. This role collaborates with the Director, Provider Operations and other VMG leaders to identify performance improvement opportunities, share best practices, and support the adoption of organizational initiatives. Success is measured by team performance, clinical outcomes, member experience, employee engagement, and clinician development.
Requirements
- NP degree with at least one active state medical license.
- 2+ years of direct people management experience, including coaching, performance management, and employee development.
- Demonstrated success leading teams to achieve clinical, quality, productivity, and engagement goals.
- Experience interpreting performance data and using insights to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
- Strong coaching and feedback skills, with a passion for developing others.
- Ability to identify best practices, solve problems, and drive adoption of change within a clinical environment.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
- Comfortable managing a panel of patients with diabetes, pre-diabetes, and obesity.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a high-growth, fast-paced, or rapidly evolving environment preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of 10-12 Continuity Clinicians to achieve clinical, operational, and engagement goals.
- Establish a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance.
- Conduct regular 1:1 meetings, performance reviews, career development conversations, and ongoing coaching.
- Identify performance gaps and proactively develop improvement plans to support clinician success through partnership with Clinical Education Lead.
- Recognize and develop high-performing clinicians, creating opportunities for growth and leadership development.
- Support recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, and retention of clinical team members.
- Monitor team performance across quality, clinical outcomes, member experience, and productivity metrics.
- Conduct regular reviews of clinician performance and provide actionable feedback to improve care delivery.
- Perform clinical quality assurance activities and support adherence to evidence-based care standards.
- Partner with VMG leadership to identify emerging quality concerns and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Maintain a small patient panel and model excellence in patient care.
- Identify trends, barriers, and opportunities impacting team performance and patient outcomes.
- Surface and share best practices across teams to improve consistency and effectiveness of care delivery.
- Provide frontline insights and feedback to Provider Operations and Clinical Program Management leaders regarding opportunities for workflow, process, and program improvements.
- Support implementation and adoption of new programs, tools, workflows, and organizational initiatives.
- Foster collaboration across VMG teams to advance organizational priorities and improve provider effectiveness.
Benefits
- Information about Virta’s benefits is on our Careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
