Position Title: MHN Chief Advanced Practice Provider

Department: MHN Administration
FTE Equivalent: .3
Reports To: Chief Physician Executive

Position Description

Manages the integration of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) into a successful practice that will implement state-of-the-art patient care models aligned with Marshall Health Network’s future vision and operational needs. Provides oversight, coordination, and improved integration of Advanced Practice Providers across the MHN continuum of care. Functions as a primary resource regarding APP recruitment and retention, scope of practice, utilization and collaborative practice models, credentialing, orientation, regulation and policy issues, optimal billing, competency, professional development, student placement, compliance and research.

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.

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
• Ensure the completion of focused/ongoing professional-practice evaluation with appropriate leadership
• Foster an environment for continual learning by promoting, organizing, and leading APP continuing medical and professional education
• Develop and oversee a comprehensive orientation/onboarding program and formal residency/fellowship program for APPs
• Develop professional advancement models specific to APPs
• Facilitate APP function at the full scope of practice and license
• Promote leadership training and professional development for APPs and create a pipeline of talent through clinical rotations
• 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
• Develop and maintain local, state, and national relationships to influence policy in APP practice
• 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:

Education Requirements

Master’s Degree in Nursing (DNP preferred) or Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies or related discipline

Experience

Minimum 7 years of APP clinical experience
Minimum 3 years of leadership experience (5 years preferred)
Maintains a patient care practice

Certifications / Skills

Currently certified Advanced Practice Provider (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant)
Licensed or eligible for clinical licensure and prescriptive privileges in the State of West Virginia

Physical Demands

• Reaching: Extending the hands and arms in any direction
• Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with the hands
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with the fingers
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes such as size, shape, temperature, or texture
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
• Hearing: Perceiving sounds by the ear
• Vision: Far acuity, near acuity, depth perception, field of vision, accommodation, color vision

Activity Levels:

• Lifting (waist > overhead): Never up to 24 lbs
• Lifting (floor > waist): Never up to 34 lbs
• Carrying: Rarely up to 34 lbs
• Pushing: Never up to/over 100 lbs
• Bending/Stooping: Occasionally
• Squatting: Occasionally
• Crawling: Never
• Crouching: Never
• Reaching above shoulder level: Occasionally
• Balancing: Occasionally
• Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally
• Kneeling: Occasionally
• Sitting: Frequently
• Standing: Occasionally
• Walking: Frequently
• Climbing: Never