Senior Manager, Advanced Practitioners - Urology

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. The Senior Manager, Advanced Practitioners is responsible for the operational performance of the service line(s), in reference to the physician assistants and nurse practitioners (APs), and/or AP provider group. Partners with service line’s physician & administrative leadership, in overall strategic planning, marketing, customer service, quality programs, outcomes reporting, finances, incentive management, and business growth for service line operations. The Senior Manager, Advanced Practitioners understands the importance of their service line to SLPG and facilitates a successful relationship in terms of clinical and quality outcomes, patient satisfaction, and management of expenses/revenues. Responsible for the overall day-to day service line operations, ensuring high quality standard of care is delivered and strategic goals are achieved, in a fiscally responsible manner. In addition to the Senior Manager, Advanced Practitioners position, he/she is responsible for providing clinical services to the service line as defined in the Advanced Practitioner job description. JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Partners with administrative and physician leadership, formulating service line strategy, and then accomplishing the goals and initiatives of the department. 2. Serve as a mentor and resource for service-line’s APs, regarding clinical, professional, and administrative leadership development. 3. Responsible for the day to day operations of the service line, in reference to the advance practitioner providers. 4. Responsible for AP time tracking, and associated payroll activities. Ensures efficient use of clinical resources, within budget parameters, while maintaining standards of patient care 5. Participates in development and monitoring of service line’s budget, in reference to the AP providers. Maintains AP clinical operations within budgetary limits. 6. In conjunction with physician leadership and administration, is responsible for advance practitioner personnel matters & decisions, both internal and external, to the department. (i.e. formal counseling for disciplinary reasons) 7. Identifies needs and required support for the APs within the department. Assists with development of programs or services, to meet those needs. 8. Resource for staff and physicians, in reference to scope of practice, the collaborative multidisciplinary care model, and the job role of the advance practitioner 9. Recruitment and hiring of service line’s advanced practitioners 10. Develops and ensures APs successfully complete service line’s formal and documented AP onboarding and orientation program. 11. Facilitates and ensures completion of required AP educational activities and requirements 12. Assist with coordination of AP students being assigned, and successfully completing clinical rotations with service-line and/or provider group. 13. Oversight and approval, in collaboration with physician leadership, of the service-line’s AP credentialing and privileging processes and expectations 14. Completes, with physician leadership, AP’s OPPEs, and when needed, FPPEs. 15. Partners with recruitment, human resources, and central verification office, ensuring all hired APs are transitioned efficiently and successfully to active employment status. 16. Ensure APs are enrolled in provider groups & healthcare payors. Ensure APs have been set-up correctly in the electronic health record, for the reimbursement of their professional services provided 17. Approve service line’s AP CME requests, after ensuring topics are clinically relevant and allocated time is being used appropriately 18. Participates and contributes to service line operations, clinical review/development, and performance improvement/quality committees and/or meetings 19. Facilitates and/or participates in provider group, service-line, hospital, and/or unit operational and clinical committee meetings 20. Ensures monthly rounding, and annual performance evaluations completed on all APs 21. All duties, responsibilities, and functions of the Advance Practitioner job description 22. Other related duties, as assigned PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Sit up to 3-5 hours per day; 1-2 hours at a time. Stand for up to 3-5 hours per day; 2 hours at a time. Walk 1 hour per day. Frequently lifting, carrying and pushing objects up to 10 pounds. Rarely lifting, carrying and pushing objects up to 75 pounds. Frequently stooping and bending. Frequently reaching above shoulder level. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequencies. Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral vision. Must be able to speak as it relates to normal conversation and projection as it relates to lectures and presentations. EDUCATION: Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Medical Physician Assistant, or Osteopathic Physician Assistant with current license to practice in the state of Pennsylvania and/or New Jersey. Physician Assistants must also have a current certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: 3 years experience in AP leadership Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!! St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350 outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row. Learn More Here.