Faculty Advanced Practice Provider, Rehabilitation Medicine

The Advanced Practice Provider is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists) or Physician Assistant who practices within their scope of practice as appropriate in their jurisdictional area and in accordance with their organizational Medical Staff Bylaws. The provider is responsible for the management of care to patients including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, and the assessment, implementation, and evaluation of an appropriate plan of care. Provides leadership and consultation with their respective clinical area through participation in division/department initiatives and mentorship of others. Participates in division/departmental and organization wide initiatives to represent advanced practice and leverage the role of the advanced practice provider

As a faculty member, you are expected to participate in additional advocacy, research and education related activities, as assigned by your manager and division/center leadership.

Required Skills/Knowledge

Strong knowledge of clinical specialty and services.

Demonstrates clinical leadership skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Licenses And Certifications

Licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant in state of clinical practice. National board certification required. (Required)

CDS and DEA in state(s) of clinical practice (Required) BLS certified (Required)

Functional Accountabilities

Strategic

• Role will work with teams that are focused on redesigning care delivery models utilizing Advanced Practice Providers while raising the bar on patient quality and safety. Accountable for reporting assessments and making strategy recommendations to Director
• Role will work with teams to enhance Advanced Provider infrastructure, informatics, equipment, and processes related to technology as they relate to Advanced Practice Providers. Accountable for reporting assessments and making strategy recommendations to Director
• Integrates quality improvement methodology into Advanced Practice Provider culture through tools, training, and hardwire principles into our organization to make processes more efficient. Accountable for reporting assessment and making strategy recommendations to Director.
• Contributes to the sustainability and advancement of nursing excellence which translates into on-going Magnet© designation.
  
  

Financial Strength

• Identify opportunities for cost containment and reduction related to Advanced Practice Providers
• Identify opportunities to examine the financial impact of adding Advanced Practice Providers to care teams.
• Accountable for organizing and maintain database to track projects related to financial strength progress and resource needs.
• Identifies new trends and anticipates broader impact. Makes recommendations to Director related to trends and broader impact.
• Prepares periodic summaries and annual report of projects, metrics, and findings for Director
  
  

Clinical

• Assess, diagnose, monitor and promote clinical status of each patient utilizing evidenced based practice and medical knowledge
• Develops appropriate plan of care
• Writes patient care orders, prescribes therapy, and provides necessary home care orders as needed
• Identifies significant changes in patient status using physical exam, lab values, diagnostic tests, and patient/family input
• Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings
• Performs procedures as needed after obtaining appropriate credentialing
• Participates in and leads multidisciplinary patient care and planning conferences.
• Is a clinical resource for patient, parents and the interdisciplinary team.
• Communicates and escalates clinical/administrative issues as appropriate
• Collaborates with nursing, medicine, and other members of the healthcare team to regularly ensure quality patient care
  
  

Faculty Specific

• Teaching is an essential responsibility for all faculty. It includes formal lectures, small-group education, and/or one-on-one teaching. Teaching includes teaching in the classroom, virtual classroom, hospital, clinic, laboratory, physician’s office, public health practice settings continuing education and other settings, and may include training of staff other than students. The effective teacher leads students to think purposely and critically, broadens the interest of students, seeks out innovative techniques and transmits knowledge effectively.
• Scholarship in SMHS can be defined as those activities that systematically advance the teaching, research and/or practice of medicine, biomedical sciences, and/or health sciences through rigorous inquiry that: 1) is significant to the profession or discipline, 2) leads to new knowledge or new insights or approaches to existing knowledge 3) and is disseminated for evaluation and critical review by other scholars. In addition to traditional research, also called the scholarship of discovery, the faculty in the SMHS equally values the scholarship of integration, application, and teaching and learning.
• Service is a part of academic life and some level of meaningful participation is expected of all faculty at all levels. While excellence in service alone is not sufficient for promotion to any level in the tenure track, excellence in professional or clinical service may be a major criterion for promotion in the non-tenure track. The quality and quantity of service are expected to increase with increasing academic rank.
  
  

Staff Resource

• Serves as a clinical preceptor to APRN or PA students
• Acts as a clinical resource for staff in patient care issues
• Provides formal/informal educational presentation to staff on areas of expertise
• Lead and/or actively participates in department(s)/division(s) performance improvement projects.
  
  

Organizational Accountabilities

Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)

Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
  
  

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
• Partner with all team members to achieve goals
• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
  
  

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contribute to a positive work environment
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
  
  

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Use resources efficiently
• Search for less costly ways of doing things
  
  

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
  
  

Primary Location

District of Columbia-Washington

Work Locations

CN Hospital (Main Campus)

Job

Nursing

Organization

Ctr Neuroscience & Behav Med

Position Status

R (Regular)

Shift

Day

Work Schedule

M-F 40

Job Posting

Oct 22, 2025, 11:16:40 PM

Full-Time Salary Range

105684.8