What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Advanced Practitioner (PA, APRN) position at Physicians' Primary Care of Southwest Florida?
Physicians’ Primary Care of Southwest Florida is a premier physician owned and managed primary care practice with locations in Cape Coral, Estero, Fort Myers, and Lehigh Acres. We are expanding and need a talented APP to lead our Adult Medicine team.
Summary of Position: Works collaboratively with PPC leadership. Develops and maintains clinical protocols. Interviews all new candidates and makes recommendation for hire, as well as handles all onboarding. Conducts monthly APP meetings
The Lead Advance Practitioner (LAP) is responsible for the overall success of our Adult Medicine APP program. The LAP provides leadership for both Advanced Nursing Practitioners and Physician Assistants to ensure standardization through developing and implementing a structural process with quality, patient experience, and fiscal targets aligned with measurable metrics. The LAP will coordinate with physician leadership and administrative leaders across PPC to drive mission-driven clinical transformation and the APP care model.
Essential Responsibilities
Must have active and current license as a Physician Assistant (PA) or Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APRN).
Experience
Summary of Position: Works collaboratively with PPC leadership. Develops and maintains clinical protocols. Interviews all new candidates and makes recommendation for hire, as well as handles all onboarding. Conducts monthly APP meetings
The Lead Advance Practitioner (LAP) is responsible for the overall success of our Adult Medicine APP program. The LAP provides leadership for both Advanced Nursing Practitioners and Physician Assistants to ensure standardization through developing and implementing a structural process with quality, patient experience, and fiscal targets aligned with measurable metrics. The LAP will coordinate with physician leadership and administrative leaders across PPC to drive mission-driven clinical transformation and the APP care model.
Essential Responsibilities
- Accountable for overall advanced practice care performance and for aligning advanced practice objectives with PPC culture.
- Leads and directs onboarding, recognition and retention, scope of practice, utilization and collaborative practice models, orientation, regulation and policy issues, optimal billing and coding, competency, professional development, precepting, and compliance.
- Promotes professional development and continuous education by identifying growth opportunities for all APPs, engaging and partnering with physicians and administrative leadership team.
- Acts as liaison for all APPs and physician leadership.
- Identifies new and existing opportunities for the optimization of APP practice through data and analytic dashboards, competency review metrics, financial productivity, clinical outcomes data, and technical skills assessment. Contributes to the evaluation of performance of all APPs including productivity and clinical effectiveness.
- Supports and ensures compliance with all payer type value-based programs including satisfaction surveys.
- Conducts monthly meetings and provides for educational sessions as needed.
- Collaborates with Human Resources to monitor and evaluate turnover, recruiting trends and proactively addresses workforce challenges. Reviews new applicant resumes, interviews and recommends hiring.
- Remains current on national and regional trends and changes within the APP roles, the organization and health care delivery system.
- Performs patient care at least three days per week. This may increase on occasion as to cover vacations, openings and for training.
- Florida State License with current registration as an advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant
- Proven ability to motivate and inspire people during times of change. Delivers constructive feedback and develops action plans to motivate and promote skill building within a team.
- Strong collaboration skills and desire to engage others in the process.
- Shows consistent integrity in decisions and actions.
- Possesses a level of self-awareness and emotional intelligence required for influencing others; is respectful and adaptable to different styles and mindsets.
- Brings leadership presence and confidence; can present and influence at senior levels while communicating openly.
- Strong blend of management skills and technical expertise, demonstrated by superior planning, decision-making, leadership, and understanding of value-based reimbursement models and how APPs contribution is expected.
- Good interpersonal skills. Ability to work with limited supervision. Ability to think logically for interpreting and analyzing problems assigned or encountered. Good written and verbal communication skills. Ability to take initiative in development and completion of assignment and projects. Good time management skills.
Must have active and current license as a Physician Assistant (PA) or Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APRN).
Experience
- Minimum of five (5) years as a practicing Advanced Provider in the field of Adult Medicine Primary Care
- Proven excellent clinical judgement and care for patients.
- Efficient at use of electronic health records.
- Strong supporter of PPC its culture, leadership and care model.
- Use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to develop training material