MHN Chief Advanced Practice Provider

Responsibilities

• Explore, recommend, develop, and implement new opportunities to optimize clinical care and enable better utilization of APPs
• Establish mechanisms by which APPs are reviewed by their appropriate clinical supervisor in partnership with their supervising physicians
• Communicate regularly and frequently with APPs via e-mail, newsletters, and/or Intranet
• Maintain system-wide data on all APPs at MHN
• Participate in workforce assessment and needs-projections to develop workforce plans to meet APP needs in the future
• Serve as a member of appropriate administrative and clinical committees at the senior leadership level
• Oversee structured APP-associated metrics for assessing productivity and outcomes of APP quality of care and use data to identify and implement changes to optimize care delivery models
• Improve and support integration of APPs across inpatient and ambulatory settings at MHN
• Identify and implement innovation in APP collaborative practice models
• Work in partnership with section administrators and physician supervisors to ensure APPs practice to the full extent of their license and education, within their scope of practice
• Lead and facilitate improving and optimizing APP productivity in partnership with clinical leaders
• Develop and implement programs to support APP accountability and requirements regarding compliance, billing, and documentation
• Coordinate with the Vice-President of Physician Services and support the active recruitment of local and national APPs
• Serve as the MHN lead in standardization of APP position classifications, compensation/incentive models, job descriptions, and peer review
• Serve as APP lead and resource for human resources for validating market data regarding compensation and compensation models
• Consult to the respective MHN Credentialing Committees about APPs
• Facilitate the appointment of APPs as voting members of individual facility Credentialing Committees
• Clarify and standardize the credentialing process in collaboration with the APP Council Credentialing Workgroup and medical staff credentialing
• Identify and develop process and outcome metrics specific to practice environments to ensure the highest quality of care and patient satisfaction
• Develop and oversee a comprehensive orientation/onboarding program and formal residency/fellowship program for APPs
• Develop professional advancement models specific to APPs
• Foster an environment for continual learning by promoting, organizing, and leading APP continuing medical and professional education
• Develop and foster relationships with NP and PA programs and collaborate with Nursing Professional Development on academic affiliations
• Ensure Nurse Practitioners/APNs adhere to Nursing’s care-delivery model and ANCC Magnet standards
• Develop a framework to ensure compliance with mandatory initial and ongoing performance competency evaluation
• Foster development of an organizational culture supporting APP research and publication efforts and evidence-based practice
• Ensure and document compliance with state medical and nursing boards regarding APP practice at MHN
• Monitor APP practice and physician supervision agreements in accordance with state law and regulations
• Serve as a role model for MD/APP collaboration
• Serve as a resource to Physicians, APPs, Nursing, and administrative leadership regarding APP models of care and scope of practice

Qualifications

Possesses strong leadership, team building, and decision-making capability.

Demonstrates excellent communication, coordination, and collaboration with MHN leadership and departments throughout the system.

Functions as APP Council sponsor.