Critical Care APP Supervisor

About the role

The adult Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Supervisor supervises, coordinates, and administers the practice of advanced practice professionals (APP), including nurse practitioners and physician assistants. They ensure quality of care and serve as a role model, expert clinician, and mentor. They assist with the administration and management of personnel, fiscal, and material resources. The supervisor provides leadership to advanced practice providers in adult critical care and supports the adult Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Manager.

Responsibilities

• Direct application of expertise in the adult intensive care units at UCSF Health within the divisions of Critical Care Medicine
• Assume full responsibility for adult Critical Care APP clinical services in the absence of the manager
• Administer and manage personnel, fiscal, and material resources
• Provide leadership to advanced practice providers in adult critical care
• Support the adult Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Manager
• Provide professional support in the Critical Care APP department
• Assist with the administration and management of personnel, fiscal, and material resources
• Direct patient management and lead care team
• Manage the complex workflow and competing priorities involved with providing quality care as an Advanced Practitioner
• Train, monitor, evaluate, and document staff issues and performance
• Participate in decision-making on human resources matters
• Quickly analyze problems, determine appropriate level of intervention, and develop and apply effective solutions
• Collaborate with all levels of clinical staff and management, consultants, researchers, and outside agencies
• Communicate complex clinical and technical information in a clear and concise manner

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year experience in a supervisor or leadership role
• 4-6 years of recent experience as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant in adult critical care
• Understand and communicate an advanced knowledge of national, state, and local educational and legislative issues affecting advanced practice providers
• Demonstrate knowledge of state and national regulatory requirements
• Gather clinical information, develop differential diagnoses, and create problem lists independently
• Direct patient management and lead care team
• Supervise a team and manage complex workflow and competing priorities
• Knowledge of human resources management policies
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Advanced interpersonal skills for effective collaborations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• Min 1 year experience in a supervisor, or leadership role
• 4-6 years of recent experience as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant in adult critical care
• Understand and communicate an advanced knowledge of national, state, and local educational and legislative issues affecting advanced practice providers
• Demonstrate knowledge of state and national regulatory requirements
• Competent to direct patient management and lead care team
• Supervise a team and manage complex workflow and competing priorities involved with providing quality care as an Advanced Practitioner
• Solid knowledge of the clinical and operational issues for nurse practitioners performing advanced-practice nursing within departments and specialty areas, including evaluation, testing, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as patient-care concepts, policies, outcomes measurement, quality standards, ethics issues, quality improvement, and continuing staff education and professional development
• Strong knowledge of human resources management policies, with the ability to train, monitor, evaluate, and document staff issues and performance, and to participate in decision-making on human resources matters
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly analyze problems, determine appropriate level of intervention, and develop and apply effective solutions
• Advanced interpersonal skills for effective collaborations with all levels of clinical staff and management, consultants, researchers, and outside agencies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to train and mentor subordinates, convey complex clinical and technical information in a clear and concise manner, and to prepare and present a variety of reports, documentation, analyses, and project proposals

Preferred Qualifications

• Related healthcare management or Nurse Practitioner III or Senior Physician Assistant experience in a highly matrixed healthcare organization
• Knowledge of clinical and administrative software and specialized applications and data management systems used by advanced practice providers in providing advanced-practice care, research, documentation, and employee supervision
• Completion of a recognized graduate master's degree program as a physician assistant
• Doctorate Degree

About The Team

The Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider (CC APP) team at UCSF provides expert care in the adult intensive care units at UCSF Health. The CC APPs are an element of the interdisciplinary critical care team that includes attending physicians, physicians in training, pharmacists, registered nurses, rehabilitation therapists, and UCSF students. The CC APPs provide care in all of the adult intensive care units including Cardiac, Neurologic, Medical, and Surgical intensive care units. These units provide care for patients undergoing cardiac surgery, organ transplantation, thoracic surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgical surgery, general surgery, or patients requiring complex medical management. The CC APP team collaborates with the UCSF School of Nursing and supports the UCSF Surgical and Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship. The CC APP group is active in various quality improvement, cost reduction, and professional development projects.