Associate Director Advance Practice- Full Time NP/PA

About the role

The Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL is the primary APP leader for a defined Service Line or specialty within a specific geographic Area. This role provides clinical, operational, and workforce leadership for the specialty across all sites and venues of care within the Area, ensuring high performance in quality, utilization, productivity, access, patient and clinician experience, and cultural alignment. In close partnership with the Area specialty administrative dyad, the Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL is jointly accountable for day-to-day operations, clinical performance, and APP workforce management within the Area. The role also contributes to Divisional Service Line strategy, both in aggregating and by bringing Area-specific context, insights, and performance realities into Service Line planning and decision-making. The Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL operates between Division-level strategy and site-level execution, ensuring that divisional priorities are effectively translated into local action while elevating Area needs, risks, and opportunities to Divisional leadership. This role is not required or expected for every specialty and is established based on span of control, clinical complexity, strategic importance, and impact to performance within the Area.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Leads specialty clinical and operational performance across Area sites/venues (access, quality, utilization, productivity, experience).
• Uses dashboards and analytic thinking to identify trends/variation and drive sustained improvement.
• Influences effectively within an area specialty dyad and across stakeholders without direct authority.
• Leads and develops site-based/assistant APP leaders; supports engagement, retention, and succession planning.

Area Clinical & Operational Leadership

• Serves as the primary APP leader for the specialty within the Area, accountable for aligning APPs and site leaders to Area, Divisional, and enterprise priorities.
• With the administrative dyad, oversees all specialty operations within the Area, including access, throughput, utilization optimization, productivity, quality, and patient experience across all relevant venues of care.

Performance, Quality & Utilization Management

• Leads Area-level efforts related to clinical quality, safety, utilization management, productivity, and variation reduction, escalating issues as appropriate and driving corrective action.
• Reviews and interprets performance dashboards; accountable for trend analysis, action planning, and sustained improvement within the Area.

Workforce & Culture Leadership

• Provides APP leadership for culture, professionalism, engagement, and disciplinary matters within the specialty, in partnership with Medical Group leadership and HR.
• Leads Area-level APP workforce planning with the administrative dyad and Divisional partners, including recruitment needs, onboarding support, retention risks, and succession planning.
• Provides direct leadership, mentorship, and performance oversight of site-based or assistant APP leaders within the Area of specialty.

Strategy & Divisional Alignment

• Contributes to Divisional Service Line strategy by bringing forward Area-specific insights related to market dynamics, growth opportunities, access constraints, workforce realities, and operational performance.
• Supports implementation of Divisional and Service Line strategies within the Area, ensuring local execution is aligned while appropriately adapted to market and operational context.

Growth & Market Development

• Partners with Area and Market leadership to identify and advance specialty growth opportunities, aligned with Divisional prioritization.
• Supports evaluation and integration of new sites, practices, or providers within the Area specialty